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French envoy in new bid to break Lebanon deadlock (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:54:28 GMT

French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran arrived in Lebanon Thursday to pave the way for a visit by French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner to try to break a political deadlock that has paralysed the country.


Lebanon holds two for attack on UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:23:20 GMT

Two suspected Palestinian extremists have been arrested over a roadside bombing against UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, a security official said on Thursday.


Oily legacy of war mars Lebanon coast (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:00:00 GMT

A cascade of seaside buildings in this northern Lebanon village glows pink in the Mediterranean sunset. But the rocky shore below remains a thick, sullen black – marred by the residue of 4 million gallons of oil that polluted 75 miles of coastline when it spilled from a power plant bombed by Israel during last year's Israel-Hizbullah war.


More raids on Palestinian camp in Lebanon (UPI)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:09:47 GMT

The Lebanese Air Force bombed what remains of the Fatah Al-Islam militia, hunkered down in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, KUNA reported.


Lebanon beats DPRK 1-0 in Olympic men's football qualifier (People's Daily)
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Fri, 24 Aug 2007 00:14:38 GMT

The Olympic men's football team of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday was defeated by Lebanon 0-1 at home. This is the first match of Group A of Asian Zone Olympic qualifier. Group A also includes Australia an ...


Lebanon plagued by graffiti, vandalism (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:20:27 GMT

LEBANON — Gang-related graffiti and other forms of vandalism have been on the rise this summer in Lebanon, according to police. Lebanon’s school district and Seventh-day Adventist church together have tallied more than $500 in damages this month.


Lebanon Arrests 2 Palestinian Suspects Over Bombing -Official (Nasdaq)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:19:19 GMT

BEIRUT (AP)--Lebanese authorities have arrested two Palestinians in connection with a roadside bombing that targeted U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon last month, a security official said Thursday.


Lebanon names interim super, discusses review (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:20:07 GMT

LEBANON - The Lebanon Community School District will be in the hands of Assistant Superintendent Steve Kelley while Superintendent Jim Robinson is on leave, not Ken Ray as proposed last week, the Lebanon School Board has decided.


New complex in Lebanon (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:16:36 GMT

LEBANON — By next spring, the city’s largest apartment complex to date will change the landscape of an east Lebanon neighborhood. The 98-unit Queen Anne Apartments takes up six acres along East Elmore Street where an empty school building, Queen Anne School, sat before it was demolished this year.


Lebanon trail group seeks funds for intern (Albany Democrat-Herald)
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Thu, 23 Aug 2007 19:17:16 GMT

LEBANON — Build Lebanon Trails chose Mark Swenson, a University of Wisconsin graduate, to fill an 11-month internship position paid for by a University of Oregon grant.