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Lebanon restaurant charged for role in fatal DWI collision - The Union Leader Sun, 25 Dec 2016 23:58:39 GMT

The Union Leader
Lebanon restaurant charged for role in fatal DWI collision
The Union Leader
NORTH HAVERHILL -- Employees of a Lebanon restaurant should have known one scorpion bowl is enough to intoxicate one man, according to the Grafton County Grand Jury this month. The restaurant, Peking Tokyo has been indicted on a felony charge of ...

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Hamas's deployment at the Gaza border carries echoes of South Lebanon - The Times of Israel Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:00:32 GMT

The Times of Israel
Hamas's deployment at the Gaza border carries echoes of South Lebanon
The Times of Israel
Hamas's deployment at the Gaza border carries echoes of South Lebanon. The Islamists are positioned just across the fence, better trained and better equipped than in the past. And it won't take much to shatter the current calm. By Avi Issacharoff ...

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Nativity scenes in Lebanon show harmony between Christians and Muslims - Crux: Covering all things Catholic Fri, 23 Dec 2016 16:14:33 GMT

Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Nativity scenes in Lebanon show harmony between Christians and Muslims
Crux: Covering all things Catholic
Nativity scenes in public places in Lebanon demonstrate the harmony between Christians and Muslims living in the country. Even though war and persecution plague the Middle East, Lebanon manages to remain a peaceful island of co-habitation and ...

In multicultural Lebanon, Nativity scenes are common in public places - The Catholic Transcript Sun, 25 Dec 2016 02:32:36 GMT

In multicultural Lebanon, Nativity scenes are common in public places
The Catholic Transcript
BEIRUT (CNS) -- Amid the turmoil in the Middle East and persecution of Christians in surrounding countries, the Christmas spirit is evident in Lebanon: sparkling lights, decorated trees and even mangers in public places. "Wherever you go you can find ...

Lebanon: Football camp for refugees - Deutsche Welle Fri, 23 Dec 2016 08:16:56 GMT

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Lebanon: Football camp for refugees
Deutsche Welle
In Lebanon, refugees make up 20 percent of the population. Germany's Goethe Institute has started running soccer camps, where refugee kids learn about soccer and sportsmanship. DW visited a camp in Beirut to see the institute's work in action.

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Byblos mufti hails Lebanon's General Security's 'pre-emptive war on terror' - The Daily Star Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:57:53 GMT

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Byblos mufti hails Lebanon's General Security's 'pre-emptive war on terror'
The Daily Star
Byblos mufti hails Lebanon's General Security's 'pre-emptive war on terror'. Byblos mufti Sheikh Gassan Lakkis visits Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim. Sunday, December, 25, 2016. (The Daily Star/ NNA). RSS; Follow; Email; Print; Share. The Daily Star. loading .

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A life in flux for Lebanon's Dom community - Aljazeera.com Thu, 22 Dec 2016 09:41:43 GMT

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A life in flux for Lebanon's Dom community
Aljazeera.com
He has never known a traditional nomadic lifestyle and has always lived in Lebanon: 'We work like any other community. We like to sit in nature, sit together and drink coffee. My family works, I work ... Thank God, we also have children and we are ...

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Lebanon protests urged after man picked as first women's affairs minister - The Guardian Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:08:43 GMT

Lebanon protests urged after man picked as first women's affairs minister
The Guardian
Feminist groups in Lebanon have called for protests over the appointment of a man as the country's first-ever women's affairs minister. The choice of Jean Ogasapian to run the ministry has sparked widespread disbelief and mockery over what many ...

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As winter blows in across Lebanon, refugees struggle - UNHCR Fri, 23 Dec 2016 10:14:34 GMT

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As winter blows in across Lebanon, refugees struggle
UNHCR
Originally from Deir al-Zor, the proud father of three is among thousands of refugees struggling as harsh winter weather blows in across Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. A few kilometres away, Fatima, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, and her family battle to keep ...

Japanese Red Army member Okamoto living calmly in Lebanon refugee camp - The Japan Times Sun, 25 Dec 2016 14:25:02 GMT

Japanese Red Army member Okamoto living calmly in Lebanon refugee camp
The Japan Times
BEIRUT – Kozo Okamoto, a Japanese Red Army member who participated in a 1972 airport attack in Israel, is living calmly in Lebanon where he was granted political asylum, it has been learned. Okamoto, 69, eats rice every morning and watches Japanese ...