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Lebanon says top Fatah al-Islam member killed (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:21:55 GMT

The deputy commander of an Islamist militant group battling the army in an 11-week standoff in a refugee camp in Lebanon was killed last week, the government said.


One year on, war pollution still stains Lebanon's shores (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:53:39 GMT

Thick, black oil still clings to the rocks at the bottom of the seabed, an ugly and forgotten legacy of Israel's war against Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah last summer.


Lebanon police kill Fatah Islam's No. 2 (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:08:29 GMT

Police have killed the deputy commander of al-Qaida inspired militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon, the government said Monday.


UN chief urges extended Lebanon mandate (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 01:08:51 GMT

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has urged the U.N. Security Council to extend the mandate of the 13,600-strong U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, praising the troops for helping establish security in the south following last summer's Israel-Hezbollah war.


UNIFIL commander highlights Chinese peacekeepers' role in Lebanon (People's Daily)
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Wed, 08 Aug 2007 02:16:15 GMT

A UN peacekeeping commander Tuesday praised Chinese peacekeeping troops for their role in Lebanon. "I appreciate your efforts and expect each one of you to continue the hard work in future as well," Maj. Gen. Claudio Graziano, commander ...


Deal struck on historic site: Freed slave pipeline could have operated on Lebanon farm (Delaware State News)
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Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:18:52 GMT

LEBANON — A 360-year-old property near Lebanon will be used as a research and educational site after Kent County Levy Court signed a 99-year lease agreement with Delaware State University Tuesday.


Lebanon's Gerhart injured in wreck (The Patriot-News)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 21:54:30 GMT

LONG POND - Lebanon driver Bobby Gerhart Jr., 49, was transported to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown following crash on lap 56 in yesterday's ARCA Pennsylvania 200 at Pocono Raceway.


Syrian-backed opposition claims victory in Lebanon poll (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Mon, 06 Aug 2007 19:36:52 GMT

Lebanon's Western-backed ruling majority was dealt a blow on Monday in by-elections that split the country's Christian camp in two and boosted the Syrian-backed opposition ahead of a presidential poll.


Ecologists, government officials grapple with how to clean Lebanon's shore following last summer's war (The Daily Star Lebannon)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 20:10:31 GMT

Thick, black oil still clings to the rocks at the bottom of the seabed, an ugly legacy of Israel's war against Lebanon last summer. All along the stony beach of Amchit, some 40 kilometers north of Beirut, every nook and cranny is stained black and effluent washes ashore from a nearby industrial plant, caught up in the sticky flow.


Lebanon says deputy leader of militia slain (Gulf Times)
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Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:31:07 GMT

NAHR AL BARED, Lebanon: The deputy commander of an Islamist militant group battling the Lebanese army in an 11-week standoff in a Palestinian refugee camp was killed last week, the government said.