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Cabinet members storm out of Lebanon trash-crisis talks - Aljazeera.com (blog) Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:03:19 GMT

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Cabinet members storm out of Lebanon trash-crisis talks
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As the cabinet had gathered, environmental activist Paul Abi Rached told the Reuters news agency: "All our previous movements called [on the government] not to pass the tenders dividing Lebanon into six regions controlled by private companies, instead ...
Lebanon takes down anti-protest wall in Beirut after public mockeryWashington Post
'You Stink': Lebanon's got 99 problems and trash is just oneUSA TODAY
Lebanon cabinet fails on trash crisis amid new protestsYahoo News
CNN -Here And Now -BBC News
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Lebanon's Cabinet Rejects Bid That Might Have Eased Garbage Crisis - NPR Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:02:10 GMT

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Lebanon's Cabinet Rejects Bid That Might Have Eased Garbage Crisis
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The dispute over trash collection, which has been stinkily simmering since last month, is also touching other divisions in Lebanon, particularly those between the Cabinet and Parliament and between the country's two main political blocs. Several ...
Will Lebanon Fall to ISIS Next?Huffington Post
Lebanon's Garbage PoliticsThe Weekly Standard (blog)
Lebanon's Garbage Crisis Underscores Government's DisarrayNew York Times

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Lebanons Garbage Revolution Wants to Trash Dirty Politicians - Daily Beast Sun, 23 Aug 2015 21:11:15 GMT

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Lebanons Garbage Revolution Wants to Trash Dirty Politicians
Daily Beast
Never an uneventful place, Lebanon is now in the throes of a “garbage protest” movement calling itself YouStink—the “you” referring to the country's cabinet and broader political elite. Angered by a garbage collection breakdown that has trash piling ...

Mt. Lebanon manager resigning in October to take job with nonprofit - Tribune-Review Tue, 25 Aug 2015 20:04:08 GMT

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Mt. Lebanon manager resigning in October to take job with nonprofit
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Mt. Lebanon Manager Steve Feller, employed by the municipality for 20 years, will resign in October to take a job with a local nonprofit agency. Feller's resignation, announced Tuesday, will take effect Oct. 15. He plans to submit his proposal for a ...
Mt. Lebanon Commission seeking new municipal managerPittsburgh Post-Gazette
Mt. Lebanon's municipal manager resignsThe Almanac

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Two killed in clashes at Palestinian camp in Lebanon - Yahoo News Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:07:33 GMT

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Two killed in clashes at Palestinian camp in Lebanon
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Two people were killed in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon in renewed overnight clashes between the mainstream Palestinian faction Fatah and hardline Islamists, security sources said. The two sides exchanged heavy gunfire in ...
Hundreds flee clashes in Palestinian refugee camp in LebanonYnetnews
Three dead in clashes at Lebanon Palestinian campThe Times of Israel
3 dead in violent clashes at Palestinian refugee camp in LebanonToronto Star
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Metro Detroiters show support for Lebanon protesters - The Detroit News Wed, 26 Aug 2015 02:40:00 GMT

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Metro Detroiters show support for Lebanon protesters
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“We're not asking for change, we're demanding it,” said Charlie Kadado, editor of the Lebanese Examiner and spokesman for a newly formed coalition seeking changes that include solutions to the current Lebanon's trash crisis as well as water and ...

Lebanon's PM Threatens To Resign As Protesters Rally In Beirut - Huffington Post Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:39:20 GMT

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Lebanon's PM Threatens To Resign As Protesters Rally In Beirut
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<span class='image-component__caption' itemprop="caption">< (Credit: Bilal Hussein/Associated Press) A Lebanese woman holds a Lebanese flag as she stands in front of riot police during a protest against the ongoing trash crisis, in downtown Beirut, ...

Lebanon's Shrinking Public Beaches - NPR Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:30:45 GMT

Lebanon's Shrinking Public Beaches
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The sun is beating down on the rocky shore of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, and architect Mona Hallak is taking her son and his friends to see their heritage. "Who knows how to swim?" asks Hallak, an advocate for public beaches in Lebanon. The kids say ...

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Lebanon Plans Stimulus as Salameh Sees Risk of Zero Growth - Bloomberg Tue, 25 Aug 2015 08:13:53 GMT

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Lebanon Plans Stimulus as Salameh Sees Risk of Zero Growth
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Lebanon's central bank is planning a stimulus package of at least $1 billion next year to revive an economy rattled by political unrest and the civil war in neighboring Syria, Governor Riad Salameh said. Economic growth in the most indebted Arab ...

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Parties react to Cabinet failure to end trash crisis - The Daily Star Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:43:00 GMT

Parties react to Cabinet failure to end trash crisis
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