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Lebanon's Sects Game: The Problem With Its Byzantine Political System - TIME Wed, 10 Apr 2013 09:17:13 GMT

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Lebanon's Sects Game: The Problem With Its Byzantine Political System
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What is the worth of religion? In Lebanon, it is everything and nothing at all. The country has 18 constitutionally recognized sects, and those sects dictate marriage, divorce, inheritance, political position and votes. Yet sect is mutable. It doesn't ...

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Syria warplanes wage new strike on Lebanon border: army - Al-Arabiya Wed, 10 Apr 2013 21:21:35 GMT

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Syria warplanes wage new strike on Lebanon border: army
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Syrian warplanes bombarded northern Lebanon for the first time in the country's spiraling two-year conflict on March 18, a Lebanese army official and a US official said, though Damascus denied responsibility for the attacks. Syria's conflict has ...
Mansour downplays Syrian violations of Lebanon's borderThe Daily Star
Lebanon's border region hit by rockets from SyriaNzweek

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Lebanon says rising cases of scabies, lice among Syrian refugees - The Daily Star Wed, 10 Apr 2013 15:36:07 GMT

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Lebanon says rising cases of scabies, lice among Syrian refugees
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's Health Ministry said Wednesday cases of scabies and lice have increased among Syrian refugees and urged citizens to take precautionary measures. “The Health Ministry has recorded an increase in the number of scabies and lice cases, ...

Tensions take toll on tourism in Lebanon - The Daily Star Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:21:05 GMT

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Tensions take toll on tourism in Lebanon
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Kehdy is aware the U.S. and Canada recently upped their travel restrictions to Lebanon but assured potential visitors that her tours avoided all danger zones. “All our trips are within the green zones, we do not take any unnecessary risk,” she said ...

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France supports 'political agreement' in Lebanon - The Daily Star Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:48:03 GMT

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France supports 'political agreement' in Lebanon
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“The French president reiterates the commitment of France to Lebanon's stability and political agreement between all components of Lebanese society to preserve civil peace and national unity,” a statement from the Elysee Palace quoted the French ...

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Lebanon County enacts 30-day burn ban - Lebanon Daily News Wed, 10 Apr 2013 22:23:05 GMT

Lebanon County enacts 30-day burn ban
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Firefighters extinguish a mulch fire at 1262 Quentin Road in Lebanon on Tuesday afternoon. The fire damaged cedar shingles on the home but caused no other damage. To prevent wildfires like this one, the county commissioners Wednesday enacted a ...

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Lebanon jigsaw puzzle: don't be absorbed into Syria sectarian bloodletting - gulfnews.com Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:00:37 GMT

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Lebanon jigsaw puzzle: don't be absorbed into Syria sectarian bloodletting
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Throughout much of its short existence as an ostensibly sovereign state, Lebanon has functioned not just as a proxy battleground, in which neighbours communicate through car bombs, but as a sort of a political ideogram suggesting half-decipherable ...

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Cornwall-Lebanon board considers armed officers - Lebanon Daily News Wed, 10 Apr 2013 16:12:23 GMT

Cornwall-Lebanon board considers armed officers
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Members of the Cornwall-Lebanon school board on Monday night discussed the possibility of adding armed police officers at district schools - and while some directors said they don't have enough information to make a decision, one director indicated ...

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Photo Gallery: Lebanon at Hanover Softball - Valley News Tue, 09 Apr 2013 22:07:59 GMT

Photo Gallery: Lebanon at Hanover Softball
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Lebanon at Hanover softball in Norwich, Vt., on April 8, 2013. Lebanon won, 6-5. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap). Lebanon at Hanover softball in Norwich, Vt., on April 8, 2013. Lebanon won, 6-5. (Valley News - Sarah Priestap). Lebanon at Hanover ...

Lebanon Township awaits judge's decision in drug rehab suit - Hunterdon County Democrat - NJ.com Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:24:56 GMT

Lebanon Township awaits judge's decision in drug rehab suit
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LEBANON TWP. — Oral arguments were held on Friday, April 5, in a trial regarding the approval of a drug rehab facility. Gen Psych received unanimous approval in September to turn an existing office building into a 13-bed inpatient drug rehabilitation ...