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Lebanon's forgotten space programme - BBC News Fri, 15 Nov 2013 02:34:35 GMT

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Lebanon's forgotten space programme
BBC News
"My vision was to explore space - Lebanon could have done that." Manoug Manougian's boast may sound unlikely, but 50 years ago he and a group of students found themselves as space pioneers of the Arab world. Despite a shoestring budget, they ...

Syrian gunships raid outskirts of Lebanon's Arsal: source - The Daily Star Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:56:03 GMT

Syrian gunships raid outskirts of Lebanon's Arsal: source
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Syrian gunships fired salvoes of rockets Thursday at a residential area on the outskirts of Arsal, northeast Lebanon, and a barrage of rockets from across the border earlier in the day hit a valley in the east of the country, Lebanese security ...

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Hariri: Nasrallah sacrificing Lebanon for Assad, Iran - The Daily Star Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:13:19 GMT

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Hariri: Nasrallah sacrificing Lebanon for Assad, Iran
The Daily Star
“Hezbollah chose to sacrifice Lebanon's sovereignty and its national unity for the sake of Bashar Assad's regime and to appease the Iranian leadership's decision to protect this regime,” the head of the Future Movement said, according to a statement ...
Shiite Muslims in Lebanon Mark Holy Day Amid Intense Sectarian TensionsWall Street Journal
In shadow of Syria, Lebanon edges closer to warUPI.com
Hariri says Hezbollah sacrificing Lebanon for Assad, IranYa Libnan
Journal of Turkish Weekly -Bernama
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UN chief says Syrian war seriously affects Lebanon - The Daily Star Thu, 14 Nov 2013 10:59:10 GMT

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UN chief says Syrian war seriously affects Lebanon
The Daily Star
In a report to the U.N. Security Council circulated Wednesday, he condemned the shelling, shooting and aerial incursions into Lebanon and called on all parties to respect the border. He said the shelling had injured one Lebanese citizen and caused ...
Syria War Leads to Rise of Kidnappings in LebanonABC News
Lebanon Attempts To Head Off Potential Polio Outbreak, Yet Another ...Huffington Post
Ban Ki-moon warns that Syrian conflict is seriously affecting neighbouring ...CTV News
The Voice of Russia -Appeal-Democrat
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In Lebanon, protecting hundreds of thousands of children against polio - UNICEF (press release) Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:01:18 GMT

UNICEF (press release)
In Lebanon, protecting hundreds of thousands of children against polio
UNICEF (press release)
Lebanon has been polio-free for the past 12 years, but with concerns of a polio outbreak in Syria, a two-round vaccination campaign is targeting hundreds of thousands of children under 5 in Lebanon.
Syrian civil war prompts polio vaccination effortMiamiHerald.com

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Coalition battles hunger and homelessness in Lebanon County - Lebanon Daily News Fri, 15 Nov 2013 01:42:31 GMT

Coalition battles hunger and homelessness in Lebanon County
Lebanon Daily News
Lebanon County Commissioner Bill Ames, left, presents a proclamation declaring Nov. 17-23 National Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week to Shem Heller, director of the Mental Health Association of Lebanon County, recently. With them are fellow ...

Yearlong drug case ends with several suspects charged - Lebanon Democrat Thu, 14 Nov 2013 19:59:57 GMT

Yearlong drug case ends with several suspects charged
Lebanon Democrat
... with several suspects charged. Lebanon police ended a yearlong multiagency investigation into the illegal sale of narcotics Wednesday night and Thursday with nearly 60 indictments issued on 25 suspects. Jared Felkins jfelkins@lebanondemocrat.com.

Fire at north Lebanon warehouse injures two - The Daily Star Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:19:18 GMT

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Fire at north Lebanon warehouse injures two
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: A fire erupted at a tire warehouse in north Lebanon Thursday leaving a Syrian and a Lebanese worker badly injured. The depot in the town of Amyoun belonged to Salim Abeid, the National News Agency said, adding that the Syrian laborer was in ...

Deserted Syrian children flee to Lebanon - Deutsche Welle Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:01:15 GMT

Deserted Syrian children flee to Lebanon
Deutsche Welle
Seven year-old Abdallah says he doesn't know how long he has been in Lebanon for. Sitting in the sun in a playroom of Home of Hope, a shelter for streets children in Lebanon, he recalls the first day he arrived at the shelter. "When I arrived there was ...

Barrage of rockets from Syria hit east Lebanon - The Daily Star Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:22:03 GMT

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Barrage of rockets from Syria hit east Lebanon
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: A series of rockets launched from Syria struck the valley of Nabi Sheet in east Lebanon Thursday, Lebanese security sources told The Daily Star. There were no reports of casualties. The sources said three rockets landed in the area at around 9 ...