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Is Lebanon Set for an Oil Bonanza? - Chatham House Wed, 10 Jan 2018 17:07:27 GMT

Is Lebanon Set for an Oil Bonanza?
Chatham House
Lebanon holds estimates of potential natural gas reserves of 25 trillion cubic feet (tcf) based on seismic studies, but these have not have been confirmed by drilling and may not amount to reserves that are commercially viable. The Lebanese public ...
How Lebanon Managed to End Its Bloodiest Conflicts, While Israel FailedHaaretz

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Freezing temperatures leave more than 100 in N. Lebanon trailer park without water - Lebanon Daily News Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:56:29 GMT

Lebanon Daily News
Freezing temperatures leave more than 100 in N. Lebanon trailer park without water
Lebanon Daily News
Green Acres' management was working with both the state Department of Environmental Protection and the township to resolve the problem, according to Brenner. Late Tuesday afternoon, park management arrived with maintenance to look under the skirting of ...

Sorrow stalks Iraqi Christians in Lebanon - UNHCR Wed, 10 Jan 2018 15:35:58 GMT

UNHCR
Sorrow stalks Iraqi Christians in Lebanon
UNHCR
BEIRUT, Lebanon – In the hardscrabble Beirut suburb of Sad al Baoushriye, the narrow apartment rented by the Yousifs, a family of refugees from northern Iraq, is shrouded in sorrow. The Yousifs were forced to flee the Nineveh region near Mosul in Iraq ...

Ancient Phoenician DNA from Sardinia, Lebanon reflects settlement, integration, mobility - EurekAlert (press release) Wed, 10 Jan 2018 19:03:02 GMT

EurekAlert (press release)
Ancient Phoenician DNA from Sardinia, Lebanon reflects settlement, integration, mobility
EurekAlert (press release)
Ancient DNA from the Phoenician remains found in Sardinia and Lebanon could provide insight into the extent of integration with settled communities and human movement during this time period, according to a study published January 10, 2018 in the open ...

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Lebanon starts sewer work - Albany Democrat Herald Wed, 10 Jan 2018 22:21:00 GMT

Lebanon starts sewer work
Albany Democrat Herald
Work will take place on Walker Road near the intersection of Sixth Street and on Williams Street near the intersection of Carolina Street. Construction is expected to last a few days. During construction, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., both streets will ...

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Syrian refugee sets himself ablaze at UN office in Lebanon - The Times of Israel Wed, 10 Jan 2018 20:57:29 GMT

The Times of Israel
Syrian refugee sets himself ablaze at UN office in Lebanon
The Times of Israel
Illustrative image of Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon close to the Syrian border. (CC BY-SA Elgaard, Wikimedia Commons). TRIPOLI, Lebanon — A Syrian refugee in Lebanon set himself on fire Wednesday outside a UN office in desperation at aid getting cut ...
Survey finds Syrian refugees in Lebanon became poorer, more vulnerable in 2017UNHCR
Syrian Sets Himself on Fire Outside Lebanon UNHCR CenterAl-Bawaba
Syrian national sets himself on fire in north LebanonThe Daily Star

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Lebanon police investigate allegations of teacher misconduct - Springfield News-Leader Wed, 10 Jan 2018 16:28:54 GMT

Springfield News-Leader
Lebanon police investigate allegations of teacher misconduct
Springfield News-Leader
A Lebanon Police Department spokeswoman said a hotline call was made Jan. 5, launching an immediate investigation.

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Lebanon's path to improved police coverage unclear - Foster's Daily Democrat Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:47:18 GMT

Foster's Daily Democrat
Lebanon's path to improved police coverage unclear
Foster's Daily Democrat
LEBANON, Maine — Selectmen held a fact-finding meeting last week in the hopes of making clearer some of the potential ways Lebanon could increase its overall police coverage, however selectmen say the session may have done just the opposite. “It's as ...

Lebanon city council split in joining lawsuit against drug companies - Dayton Daily News Wed, 10 Jan 2018 02:51:36 GMT

Dayton Daily News
Lebanon city council split in joining lawsuit against drug companies
Dayton Daily News
Doug Shope was one of two Lebanon council members who voted against joining multi-district litigation opioid makers and distributors. LEBANON. The Lebanon City Council voted 4-2 on Tuesday to join other local governments, including Dayton, and seven ...

UNHCR - Survey finds Syrian refugees in Lebanon became poorer ... - UNHCR Tue, 09 Jan 2018 10:06:24 GMT

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UNHCR - Survey finds Syrian refugees in Lebanon became poorer ...
UNHCR
Syrian refugees in Lebanon are more vulnerable than ever, with more than half now living in extreme poverty and over three quarters living below the poverty.
As Syria war grinds on, Syrian refugees in Lebanon are becoming poorer, more vulnerable – UNUN News Centre
Most Syrian refugees in Lebanon want to return home: Red CrossXinhua
Refugees face death camped out in bitter Lebanon winter | World ...The Times

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