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 Row Lebanon's Cabinet Rejects Bid That Might Have Eased Garbage Crisis Lebanon's Garbage Crisis Underscores Government's Disarray |
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 mockery 'You Stink': Lebanon's got 99 problems and trash is just one Lebanon: How piles of trash led to a violent uprising against the government |
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 ... |
gulfnews.com | Lebanon charges Al Assir with 'terrorism' gulfnews.com 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' |
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 ... |
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 Lebanon Lebanon: Violence erupts in country's biggest Palestinian camp Three dead in clashes at Lebanon Palestinian camp |
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 ... |
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 ... |
The Detroit News | 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 ... |
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 ... |