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Protesters raise a stink as Lebanon's garbage crisis worsens - Los Angeles Times Wed, 26 Aug 2015 22:24:31 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Protesters raise a stink as Lebanon's garbage crisis worsens
Los Angeles Times
Protesters took to the streets Wednesday in Lebanon's capital, where demonstrations over uncollected trash have grown into a movement calling for the fall of the government. Beirut has been shaken by daily unrest since the weekend, when security ...
Hezbollah Weighs In On Lebanon Rubbish RowSky News
Lebanon's Cabinet Rejects Bid That Might Have Eased Garbage CrisisNPR
Lebanon's Garbage Crisis Underscores Government's DisarrayNew York Times
Albany Times Union -Arab News
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Cabinet members storm out of Lebanon trash-crisis talks - Aljazeera.com (blog) Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:03:19 GMT

Aljazeera.com (blog)

Cabinet members storm out of Lebanon trash-crisis talks
Aljazeera.com (blog)
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: How piles of trash led to a violent uprising against the governmentCNN
BBC News -VICE News -CBS News
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'Outside powers exacerbated religious, ethnic differences in Lebanon' - RT Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:34:57 GMT

RT

'Outside powers exacerbated religious, ethnic differences in Lebanon'
RT
Ethnic and religious groups in Lebanon have been able to live peacefully together for a long time, according to Richard Becker of the anti-war Answer Coalition. Disputes between them have been ruthlessly exploited by Western states that are trying to ...

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Lebanon charges Al Assir with 'terrorism' - gulfnews.com Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:56:22 GMT

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Lebanon charges Al Assir with 'terrorism'
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FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, file photo, Lebanese anti-Syrian regime and Salafist group leader Sheikh Ahmad al-Assir, addresses his supporters during a demonstration in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon. Lebanese authorities say they have arrested ...
Lebanon charges radical Islamist with 'terrorism'Al-Arabiya

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US- Israeli Attempted “Color Revolution” in Lebanon? - Center for Research on Globalization Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:42:59 GMT

US- Israeli Attempted “Color Revolution” in Lebanon?
Center for Research on Globalization
Lebanon has been without a president for over a year. Obama's war on Syria created an enormous burden. More than 1.2 million refugees flooded into a nation of 4.5 million people on top of half a million displaced Palestinians – the equivalent of around ...


Palestinian rivals 'agree ceasefire' in Lebanon camp - Yahoo News Wed, 26 Aug 2015 16:47:51 GMT

Yahoo News

Palestinian rivals 'agree ceasefire' in Lebanon camp
Yahoo News
Ain al-Hilweh (Lebanon) (AFP) - A ceasefire between armed rivals in Lebanon's largest Palestinian refugee camp has restored calm after several days of clashes, Palestinian sources said Wednesday.
Hundreds flee clashes in Palestinian refugee camp in LebanonYnetnews
Lebanon: Violence erupts in country's biggest Palestinian campICRC (press release)
Three dead in clashes at Lebanon Palestinian campThe Times of Israel

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North Lebanon youth denounce plan to establish dump - The Daily Star Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:32:44 GMT

North Lebanon youth denounce plan to establish dump
The Daily Star
Residents of the north Lebanon district of Akkar have called for another protest Thursday against the Cabinet's plan to establish a garbage dump in their area in return for developmental projects. you've reached a subscriber-only article. Take the ...


Teen slain in Cincy is a former Lebanon student - WHIO Thu, 27 Aug 2015 02:13:30 GMT

WHIO

Teen slain in Cincy is a former Lebanon student
WHIO
A candlelight vigil is planned tonight outside Lebanon High School to honor a teen killed overnight in a Cincinnati neighborhood. Diondre Callionn Pacak, 18, was found dead around 7 a.m. suffering from two gunshot wounds to his back, our news partner ...

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Metro Detroiters show support for Lebanon protesters - The Detroit News Wed, 26 Aug 2015 05:19:00 GMT

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Metro Detroiters show support for Lebanon protesters
The Detroit News
“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 ...


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

Daily Beast

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 ...