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Lebanon World Cup deal in its 'final stages' - The Daily Star Sun, 15 Jun 2014 11:28:54 GMT

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Lebanon World Cup deal in its 'final stages'
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Lebanon is maintaining efforts and intensifying contacts with Qatari officials to broadcast the World Cup, Youth and Sports Minister Abdul-Muttaleb al-Hinawi said, adding he is optimistic about securing a deal soon. “We are still pushing for ...
Lebanon's World Cup 'crisis'Al-Monitor

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Lebanon on alert to head off jihadist offensive spillover - The Daily Star Sat, 14 Jun 2014 09:34:24 GMT

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Lebanon on alert to head off jihadist offensive spillover
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HERMEL, Lebanon: Lebanese political and security authorities are carefully eyeing dramatic developments in Iraq, and have adopted a series of preventive measures to avoid ripples of the conflict being felt here, security sources told The Daily Star ...
Lebanon prepares for spillover violence from Syria and IraqAl-Bawaba

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Fighting injustice with love, pride, dialogue - The Daily Star Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:23:49 GMT

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Fighting injustice with love, pride, dialogue
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Editor's note: This is part of a series of weekly articles interviewing pioneering Lebanese women from various sectors. BEIRUT: “There is still justice in the world,” Nada Abdelsater-Abusamra declared as she took the floor at the Special Tribunal for ...

Taking charge - The Economist (blog) Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:05:57 GMT

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Taking charge
The Economist (blog)
Today his band of local gunmen are the front line of border defence for this stretch of Lebanon's northeastern Bekaa Valley, a largely un-demarcated area and longtime haven for smugglers and outlaws. Local militias like his, Mr Nasrallah reckons ...

Lebanon scrambles to avert Iraq fallout - The Daily Star Fri, 13 Jun 2014 21:37:59 GMT

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Lebanon scrambles to avert Iraq fallout
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BEIRUT: Lebanese leaders struggled Friday to stave off any adverse repercussions of the fast-moving developments in Iraq on the security situation in Lebanon, calling for national unity and the swift election of a new president. The major military ...

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Kenny pays top-secret trip to troops in Lebanon - Irish Independent Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:34:28 GMT

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Kenny pays top-secret trip to troops in Lebanon
Irish Independent
For security reasons, Mr Kenny's one-day visit to the Lebanon has been a closely guarded secret and could only be officially announced today. His arrival in Beirut came as tensions in the Middle East hit boiling point after a week of violent Islamist ...
Taoiseach visits Irish troops in LebanonIrish Times
Kenny visits Beirut as troops on high alertIrish Examiner

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Fatah militants deployed in Ain al-Hilweh - The Daily Star Sun, 15 Jun 2014 21:23:49 GMT

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Fatah militants deployed in Ain al-Hilweh
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SIDON, Lebanon: Dozens of masked gunmen deployed around entrances to the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in the early hours of Sunday morning, with a senior Fatah official stressing that this was part of efforts to preserve security in the camp.

Kuwait's speaker arrives in Lebanon - The Daily Star Sun, 15 Jun 2014 19:37:12 GMT

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Kuwait's speaker arrives in Lebanon
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Ghanim will also tour Syrian refugee camps in Lebanon before departing Tuesday. Receiving Kuwait's speaker at Rafik Hariri International Airport on behalf of Berri was MP Abdel-Latif Zein who heads Parliament's Foreign Affairs and Emigrant Affairs ...
Kuwait keen on Lebanon's stability - Al-GhanimKuwait News Agency
Kuwaiti Parliamentary Delegation Leaves for Lebanon to Visit Syrian Refugee ...Saudi Press Agency

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Police blotter, 6/15: Lebanon man accused of DUI - Lebanon Daily News Mon, 16 Jun 2014 01:12:24 GMT

Police blotter, 6/15: Lebanon man accused of DUI
Lebanon Daily News
A 41-year-old Lebanon man is accused of driving under the influence of alcohol after state police at Reading said they observed his vehicle weaving within his lane on Route 422 west from Route 12 to Shillington Road in Sinking Spring Borough at 8:20 p ...

Lebanon Soup Kitchen celebrates 25th year with fundraiser - Albany Democrat Herald Sun, 15 Jun 2014 22:48:46 GMT

Lebanon Soup Kitchen celebrates 25th year with fundraiser
Albany Democrat Herald
LEBANON — The Lebanon Soup Kitchen is celebrating a quarter-century of good work — and more than 500,000 meals served — with a 25/25/25 campaign. For its 25th year, the philanthropy is seeking 2,500 donations of $25. Nancey West, 58, board ...