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Lebanon Launches Arab World's First Gay Pride Week - NBCNews.com Fri, 19 May 2017 19:26:00 GMT

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Lebanon Launches Arab World's First Gay Pride Week
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Lebanon this week becomes the first Arab country to celebrate gay pride, but the opening event in a landmark run of festivities was cancelled after Islamists threatened violence. Proud Lebanon, a non-profit group promoting equal rights, was due to host ...
Lebanon's first gay pride event kicks offWION
Gay Pride Event Takes Place In LebanonOpposing Views
Gay rights group persists, with pride, in BeirutAl-Monitor

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The Mediterranean's unlikely surf destination: Lebanon - CNN Fri, 19 May 2017 09:54:30 GMT

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The Mediterranean's unlikely surf destination: Lebanon
CNN
Abbas saw an opportunity in Lebanon's surfing market in 2010 when he became interested by the sport after bodyboarding for many years. He says he struggled to find surfboards within the region and that most surfers -- who were part of the small ...

Overnight fire damages three buildings - Lebanon Daily News Fri, 19 May 2017 11:23:29 GMT

Lebanon Daily News
Overnight fire damages three buildings
Lebanon Daily News
City fire crews were alerted about 2:20 a.m. after a city police officer saw smoke in the area, said Lebanon City Fire Commissioner Duane Trautman. The fire started in the first floor rear area of 424 Cumberland St. which was unoccupied, and quickly ...
One of the most damaging fires in decades rips through Lebanon homes overnightWGAL Lancaster
Dental office, buildings damaged by two-alarm fire in Lebanon CityFOX43.com
Fire damages 3 Lebanon buildingsABC27

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Afraid of Visiting Lebanon? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be - Houstonia Magazine Thu, 18 May 2017 17:04:08 GMT

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Afraid of Visiting Lebanon? Here's Why You Shouldn't Be
Houstonia Magazine
Lebanon has an image problem. Once considered the place to see-and-be-seen in the Mediterranean, the country suffered greatly during the civil wars that raged from 1975 to 1990. The Lebanon hostage crisis that lasted for 10 years during the height of ...

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Lebanon Council candidate roughed up by Mount Joy cop - York Daily Record/Sunday News Fri, 19 May 2017 19:57:57 GMT

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Lebanon Council candidate roughed up by Mount Joy cop
York Daily Record/Sunday News
Marti, who will be on the ballot for Lebanon City Council in November, said he doesn't know if Smith took issue with him because he is gay or latino, but he noted those two things in the title of the YouTube video. He said that would get more hits on ...

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Lebanon public record: May 12 to May 15 - Lebanon Express Fri, 19 May 2017 19:46:37 GMT

Lebanon public record: May 12 to May 15
Lebanon Express
10:18 p.m. Corvallis police arrested a 45-year-old man on a Lebanon warrant for contempt of court. Police transported the man to the Lebano Justice Center. 10:22 p.m. Police detained a man at gunpoint during a traffic stop at the intersection of W. D ...

Lost in Lebanon review – the Syrian war seen through fresh eyes - The Guardian Fri, 19 May 2017 07:00:33 GMT

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Lost in Lebanon review – the Syrian war seen through fresh eyes
The Guardian
The Syrian civil war is always there in the news to varying degrees, depending where you look. And yet, tragically, due partly to Islamophobia and compassion fatigue, the real people behind the statistics about refugees remain too often nameless and ...

Maintaining fiscal stability in Lebanon a 'dance with wolves', says central bank governor - CNBC Thu, 18 May 2017 06:44:57 GMT

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Maintaining fiscal stability in Lebanon a 'dance with wolves', says central bank governor
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As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to make his first trip to the Middle East, some lawmakers back in Washington are seeking amendments to a law that could see further sanctions against Hezbollah and its political allies. "We are worried," Lebanon ...

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Lebanon's own little political swamp - Lebanon Daily News Fri, 19 May 2017 18:43:14 GMT

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Lebanon's own little political swamp
Lebanon Daily News
The Lebanon swamp is best compared to the Florentine Medicis, without the art or religious cover or the Corleone family without the religious theme. Corruption is family based because serious corruption requires serious trust. In one sense, Lebanon's ...

Historic Lebanon house to become a bed and Breakfast - Lebanon Daily News Fri, 19 May 2017 15:06:42 GMT

Lebanon Daily News
Historic Lebanon house to become a bed and Breakfast
Lebanon Daily News
The Lebanon Zoning Hearing Board gave the owner of a historic property permission to convert it into a bed and breakfast. Lawrence Patterson received a variance for his property at 847 Maple Street, in the residential medium zoning district, during a ...