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France launches fresh bid to end Lebanon crisis (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:54:23 GMT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrived in Lebanon Friday on a delicate mission to follow through with a French initiative to end a standoff between the country's political parties.


Lebanon festival still on the cards but fewer stars (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 16:24:00 GMT

Lebanon's Byblos Festival will still go ahead this weekend despite continuing political tensions and security worries in the country, the organisers said on Friday.


French foreign minister holds talks with Lebanon's rival factions (International Herald Tribune)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 19:47:29 GMT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner began talks Friday with Lebanon's rival factions as part of a French bid to end the deepening political crisis that threatens to rip the country apart.


France launches new bid to end Lebanon crisis (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:42:24 GMT

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner arrives in Lebanon late on Friday on a delicate mission that observers say has little chance of ending a standoff between the country's political parties.


Lebanon Firemen's Picnic sizzles (St. Clair County Journal)
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:46:46 GMT

The Lebanon Firemen's Picnic is over half a century old and still going strong, according to Lt. Adam Miller of the Lebanon Fire Department.


New peacekeeping troops organized for Lebanon (China Economic Net)
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:39:41 GMT

Chinese soldiers stand during a ceremony to organize the third batch of Chinese peacekeeping troops for Lebanon in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2007. The force, an engineering battalion comprising 275 officers and soldiers, will have an eight-month operation, replacing the second batch peacekeepers in Lebanon in early September.


Lebanon gets 80,000 from the county for new water pipe (St. Clair County Journal)
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:46:06 GMT

The city of Lebanon received word July 9 that it had received a grant to replace an aging water line running down Cherry Street.


'Upscale' development slated for Lebanon (St. Clair County Journal)
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Sat, 28 Jul 2007 02:50:18 GMT

The city of Lebanon is considering plans to rezone land south of Belleville Road from commercial to single-family and double-family residential for a new subdivision.


Raghida Dergham: Al-Qaida is Partners with the De Facto Power in the Wars of Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine (HuffingtonPost)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:11:08 GMT

American military sources with knowledge of the Middle East expect Lebanon to be the leading destination for al-Qaida volunteers -- not in the wake of an American withdrawal from Iraq, but as of now.


Lebanon expands barking ordinance (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Fri, 27 Jul 2007 21:30:07 GMT

LEBANON — A change in city code now labels as a nuisance dogs that bark loud enough to disturb neighbors for more than 10 minutes total in an hour. The city council passed the ordinance change at its Wednesday night meeting.