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Lebanon rocked by spate of kidnappings - BBC News Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:47:54 GMT

BBC News

Lebanon rocked by spate of kidnappings BBC News It was a striking contradiction. As Lebanon celebrated this week a security success in organising the visit of Pope Benedict XVI, the country was witnessing a spate of kidnappings reminiscent of the lawlessness of the civil war. The link between the ... Lebanon's president praises efforts of security agenciesNOW LEBANON Report: 2 Separate Kidnap-for-Ransom Networks Based in BekaaNaharnet Army arrests Beshara kidnapping suspectThe Daily Star Ya Libnan all 6 news articles »

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In Lebanon, anti-film protests underscore divide - The Associated Press Fri, 21 Sep 2012 18:26:00 GMT

In Lebanon, anti-film protests underscore divide The Associated Press BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — The urge to defend Islam's most unifying figure, the Prophet Muhammad, wasn't enough to bring together Lebanon's divided Sunni and Shiite Muslims. The two sects, which have been locked for years in a sometimes violent ... and more »

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Will Lebanon be sucked into the Syrian crisis? - BBC News Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:03:45 GMT

BBC News

Will Lebanon be sucked into the Syrian crisis? BBC News After clashes in Lebanon between factions supporting the Syrian president and those opposed to him, some residents of the capital Beirut are thinking about moving to a safer place. While everyone outside Lebanon has been talking about Syria's troubles ... FSA attacks Lebanon Army post near border with SyriaThe Daily Star Lebanon army reports incursion by Free Syrian ArmyYa Libnan Lebanese president commends army operation against Syrian rebelsNOW LEBANON Oman Daily Observer -The Republic all 2,505 news articles »

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Aoun says was target of assassination attempt - The Daily Star Sat, 22 Sep 2012 23:41:49 GMT

Naharnet

Aoun says was target of assassination attempt The Daily Star Security sources told The Daily Star that a shot was fired at a vehicle belonging to one of two decoy convoys accompanying Aoun during his return trip from Jezzine, south Lebanon. “I was the target of three assassination attempts and the culprits were ... Aoun Kicks Off Jezzine Visit: Army Incapable of Defending Lebanon against ...Naharnet Aoun's convoy comes under fire in South Lebanon's SaidaNOW LEBANON Aoun admits that Lebanese politicians are a mafiaYa Libnan all 19 news articles »

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Mt. Lebanon's Frey wins WPIAL tennis singles title - Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:28:42 GMT

Pittsburgh Post Gazette

Mt. Lebanon's Frey wins WPIAL tennis singles title Pittsburgh Post Gazette It had been 29 years since Mt. Lebanon had a WPIAL girls tennis singles champion, but Callie Frey broke the streak Friday. The Blue Devils junior defeated conference rival and good friend Megan Adamo of Upper St. Clair, 6-2, 6-0, to capture the WPIAL ... and more »

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Lebanon Muslims protest film, cartoons amid death calls - AFP Fri, 21 Sep 2012 19:05:00 GMT

Al-Manar TV

Lebanon Muslims protest film, cartoons amid death calls AFP By Alison Tahmizian Meuse (AFP) – 5 hours ago. BEIRUT — Lebanese Muslims, both Sunni and Shiite, took to the streets on Friday to protest against an anti-Islam film and French cartoons insulting the Prophet Mohammed, with radical clerics issuing death ... Peaceful anti-film demos held in Lebanon amid tight securityThe Daily Star Muslims in Lebanon Protest Film and CartoonsArutz Sheva Lebanon Muslims Flood Streets to Protest US Film, France CartoonsAl-Manar TV Expatica France -Naharnet all 4,890 news articles »

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New Challenges Grip Lebanon's Palestinian Camps - CounterPunch Fri, 21 Sep 2012 17:36:56 GMT

Al-Arabiya

New Challenges Grip Lebanon's Palestinian Camps CounterPunch SPECIAL 32-PAGE TRIBUTE ISSUE FOR ALEXANDER COCKBURN — GO ASK ALEX by Jeffrey St. Clair; COCKBURN'S PROMONTORY by Peter Linebaugh; RIDICULING THE CELEBRATED; CELEBRATING THE RIDICULED by Frank Bardacke; ON ... No justice for Lebanon victimsThe Phuket News US complicity in massacre of PalestiniansSocialist Worker Online (blog) all 20 news articles »

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North Lebanon city braces for next round of fighting - Reuters Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:01:14 GMT

North Lebanon city braces for next round of fighting Reuters TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) - The guns are silent and fighters have disappeared from the streets of the north Lebanese city of Tripoli but the battle that flared last month, killing 16 people, is far from over. Unrest in neighboring Syria, where 27,000 ...

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Pyykola guilty on all counts - Lebanon Daily Record Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:32:54 GMT

Pyykola guilty on all counts Lebanon Daily Record He was found guilty on seven counts for the Oct. 9, 2009, murders of Zachary Porter, 24, in a Lebanon apartment and Jeffrey Smith, 51, and Glenda Smith, 48 in their Phillipsburg home. Pyykola was found guilty of three counts of first degree murder ... and more »

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Mansour: Lebanon to reaffirm disassociation policy at UN - The Daily Star Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:30:11 GMT

The Daily Star

Mansour: Lebanon to reaffirm disassociation policy at UN The Daily Star BEIRUT: Lebanon's Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour said Saturday that his country will hold fast to its policy of disassociation from events in Syria during the U.N. General Assembly session scheduled for Sept. 25. “Since the beginning of the ... Lebanon sticks to policy of dissociation from Syrian events: FMPhilippine Star Mansour: Lebanon committed to policy of dissociationNOW LEBANON Miqati Will Request Aid for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon at UN General AssemblyNaharnet Ya Libnan all 5 news articles »