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Lebanon's politics paralyzed by regional conflict - Reuters Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:47:59 GMT

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Lebanon's politics paralyzed by regional conflict
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - With Lebanon's most powerful political parties funded and often directed by regional powers, the country has for decades been affected by events in the Middle East. But extraordinary chaos is exploding around the tiny Mediterranean ...
Lebanon's politics paralysed by regional conflictReuters UK

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Is Britain the New Lebanon? - American Thinker (blog) Sat, 15 Nov 2014 08:14:35 GMT

Is Britain the New Lebanon?
American Thinker (blog)
Lebanon is a prime example. Although currently a downtrodden state infiltrated by Hezb'allah, Lebanon was at one time a pro-Western bastion of economic prosperity. Tourism, agriculture, democracy, and education flourished in the 1960s, and Beirut was ...

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Iran hopes Lebanon can facilitate arms transfer - The Daily Star Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:26:33 GMT

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Iran hopes Lebanon can facilitate arms transfer
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Iranian Ambassador Mohammad Fathali said Saturday that Tehran never wanted to embarrass Lebanon with the recent offer of aid to the Army, expressing hope that the government could overcome obstacles to facilitate the arms transfer. "We want ...
Iran remains hopeful that Lebanon will accept its grant despite obstaclesYa Libnan

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Lebanon bans Iranian film on 'Green Movement' - The Daily Star Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:32:49 GMT

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Lebanon bans Iranian film on 'Green Movement'
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: General Security banned an Iranian film that focuses on the 2009 “Green Movement” from theaters in Lebanon, the director of the Cultural Resistance International Film Festival of Lebanon told The Daily Star Saturday. “Authorities banned it, yes ...

Lebanon police arrest 3 on drug charges - WMUR Manchester Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:00:12 GMT

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Lebanon police arrest 3 on drug charges
WMUR Manchester
Nathan Westcot, 32, of Wilder, Vermont, Jordan Stacey, 29, of Lebanon, and Kaitlin Olsen, 19, of Lyme were arrested, according to the Lebanon Police Department. Westcot was held on $10,000 bail, and Stacey was held on no bail at the Grafton County ...

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Lebanese support ISIS airstrikes: survey - The Daily Star Sat, 15 Nov 2014 12:01:47 GMT

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Lebanese support ISIS airstrikes: survey
The Daily Star
The researchers surveyed 600 respondents in each of seven Arab countries: Tunisia, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon and Iraq. A further sample of 900 Syrian refugees was drawn equally in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. The center reports ...

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Lebanon hopes Iran deal would unlock political crisis: PM - Reuters Wed, 12 Nov 2014 15:33:15 GMT

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Lebanon hopes Iran deal would unlock political crisis: PM
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The Mediterranean country of about 4 million has been hit hard by the war in its much larger neighbor Syria, with violence spilling across the border and threatening the fragile sectarian balance that has largely held since Lebanon's own 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon's Politics Are Now ParalyzedBusiness Insider
Foreign powers wrestle to arm Lebanon against ISILThe National
Plumbly urges Lebanon to dissociate from SyriaThe Daily Star
The Interpreter
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Tornado chills Lebanon - Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sat, 15 Nov 2014 06:06:11 GMT

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Tornado chills Lebanon
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
With wind chills at 11 degrees at game time, Richlands awoke from a bit of a bumpy start to overwhelm the Lebanon Pioneers 42-7 in a first-round game of the Region 2A-West playoffs on Friday night at EMATS Field-Ernie Hicks Stadium. “It's just a mindset.
Richlands hammers LebanonTriCities.com
Playoff previews: Liberty vs. Bridgeport, Lebanon vs. RichlandsWVNS

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Machnouk: Assad linked to Hariri bombers - The Daily Star Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:03:34 GMT

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Machnouk: Assad linked to Hariri bombers
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon's interior minister alluded that Syrian President Bashar Assad orchestrated the assassination ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri during a speech Friday. "Bashar Assad had direct contact with the people that killed the martyr Rafik Hariri ...
Lebanon's Special Tribunal to allow Assad-related evidence in Hariri bomber trialAl-Bawaba
STL pointing to Syria as being ultimately behind Hariri assassinationYa Libnan

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Fletcher: Lebanon needs president, not new formula - The Daily Star Fri, 14 Nov 2014 11:01:32 GMT

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Fletcher: Lebanon needs president, not new formula
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon can do without discussions on a new constitutional formula and should instead concentrate on electing a new president, British Ambassador Tom Fletcher said Friday, emphasizing the critical need for protecting the border with Syria in ...

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