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Torched Syrian camp in Lebanon illustrates tension between refugees, residents - Washington Post Thu, 05 Dec 2013 14:03:32 GMT

Washington Post
Torched Syrian camp in Lebanon illustrates tension between refugees, residents
Washington Post
QSAR NABR, Lebanon — The wood-framed tents on this muddy field in the Bekaa Valley have burned to ground, leaving only remnants of the lives of the Syrian refugees and migrant workers who occupied them: Shoes. Scattered tomatoes. A pink plastic ...

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On Lebanon - The Economist (blog) Wed, 04 Dec 2013 20:36:01 GMT

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On Lebanon
The Economist (blog)
IT HAS been a bad few days for Lebanon. On December 3rd, a commander from Hizbullah, the Lebanese Shia movement that is fighting alongside President Bashar Assad's troops in Syria, was assassinated outside his home in Beirut. That came days after ...
Hezbollah Commander Assassinated in LebanonThe New American
Internal strife turning Lebanon from Syria front to own war-zoneHaaretz
Hezbollah commander's assassination in Lebanon linked to Syrian warSydney Morning Herald
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Relative calm briefly interrupted in Lebanon's Tripoli - The Daily Star Thu, 05 Dec 2013 15:07:40 GMT

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Relative calm briefly interrupted in Lebanon's Tripoli
The Daily Star
Life returned to normal in Lebanon's second largest city after days of fighting between supporters and opponents of President Bashar Assad's regime left 13 people dead. The city has witnessed 18 rounds of fighting since the uprising in Syria began in ...
Army makes more arrests in Lebanon's TripoliAl-Bawaba
1 killed, 10 injured in renewed clashes in Lebanon's TripoliGlobalPost
Tripoli teenagers' deaths raise alarm in LebanonAl-Shorfa

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Amid growing violence, Lebanon presses on with Med gas auction - UPI.com Thu, 05 Dec 2013 18:22:15 GMT

Amid growing violence, Lebanon presses on with Med gas auction
UPI.com
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- As Lebanon stands on the brink of a new spasm of sectarian bloodletting, Energy Minister Gebran Bassil says he plans to go ahead with moves to launch exploration of offshore gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean on Jan.

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How Lebanon can turn things around - CNN (blog) Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:00:41 GMT

How Lebanon can turn things around
CNN (blog)
Editor's note: Georges Pierre Sassine is a political activist who writes about Lebanon's public policy issues at www.georgessassine.com. The views expressed are the writer's own. Lebanese may have enjoyed celebrating 70 years of independence last week.

Hezbollah blames Israel for commander's death in Lebanon - Christian Science Monitor Wed, 04 Dec 2013 13:17:46 GMT

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Hezbollah blames Israel for commander's death in Lebanon
Christian Science Monitor
Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militant group, said in a statement that Israel had “assassinated” one of its top leaders outside of his home south of Beirut last night, raising tensions in Lebanon just weeks after a massive car bombing outside Iran's ...

PlanetFitness to open at Lebanon Valley Mall - Lebanon Daily News Fri, 06 Dec 2013 01:13:19 GMT

PlanetFitness to open at Lebanon Valley Mall
Lebanon Daily News
A nationwide fitness club will open next fall in the Lebanon Valley Mall in North Lebanon Township. PlanetFitness, based in Newington, N.H., will move into a portion of what was once occupied by the Ames department store. Michelle Tuscano, mall manager ...
New Lebanon, NY: Heritage Center to open SaturdayBerkshire Eagle

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Lebanon unprepared as winter storms loom - The Daily Star Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:16:32 GMT

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Lebanon unprepared as winter storms loom
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's first winter storm, named Alexa, is likely to hit early next week, a government agency warned, as the country struggles to recover from the winter's first intense downpour. Cold northwestern winds originating from Russia will sweep ...

Beirut Airport road reopens after heavy rain flooding - The Daily Star Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:06:52 GMT

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Beirut Airport road reopens after heavy rain flooding
The Daily Star
Heavy downpour since Wednesday morning has triggered floods in several parts of Beirut as well as in eastern, northern and southern Lebanon. The season's first heavy rainfall also created havoc in many parts of the country and caused traffic jams in ...

Lebanon approves STL funding - The Daily Star Thu, 05 Dec 2013 12:41:38 GMT

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Lebanon approves STL funding
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has given the Finance Ministry the green light to pay Lebanon's share of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's annual budget. Mikati's office sent a letter to caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi ...

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