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Hezbollah says Lebanon must be firm in Israel energy dispute - Reuters Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:44:33 GMT

Hezbollah says Lebanon must be firm in Israel energy dispute
Reuters
“If Lebanon's Higher Defence Council were to decide that (Israeli) offshore oil and gas plants...should be forbidden from working, I promise they would stop working within hours,” he told a rally. U.S. diplomats have been mediating between Lebanon and ...
Tillerson says Hezbollah a threat to Lebanon's securityAljazeera.com
Hezbollah: US must accept Lebanon's demands over Israel border disputeThe Jerusalem Post
Hezbollah: US not honest broker in Lebanon's gas disputeThe San Luis Obispo Tribune
Washington Post
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UNDP Administrator: Lebanon's development under pressures due to the Syria Crisis - UNDP Fri, 16 Feb 2018 16:24:00 GMT

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UNDP Administrator: Lebanon's development under pressures due to the Syria Crisis
UNDP
Beirut, 16 February 2018 - Achim Steiner, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), warns of pressures on Lebanon's social services, infrastructure and jobs due to the impact of the Syria Crisis as he wrapped up his first ...
UN development agency remains committed to support Lebanon, says agency headUN News Centre

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US charges three with exporting drone parts to Lebanon's Hezbollah - Reuters Fri, 16 Feb 2018 23:57:23 GMT

US charges three with exporting drone parts to Lebanon's Hezbollah
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal authorities have charged three men with illegally exporting drone parts and other material from the United States to Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, the U.S. Justice Department said on Friday. It said in a statement ...

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Is Lebanon technologically ready to tackle growth? - Executive Fri, 16 Feb 2018 11:44:31 GMT

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Is Lebanon technologically ready to tackle growth?
Executive
One way to understand Lebanon's growth process and the role of technology in its economic development is to examine what the American economist Robert Solow called the sources of growth, or the factors that contribute to gross domestic product (GDP ...

Lebanon man charged: Selling stolen cattle in Dickson - The Tennessean Fri, 16 Feb 2018 22:48:00 GMT

The Tennessean
Lebanon man charged: Selling stolen cattle in Dickson
The Tennessean
A Lebanon man sold 11 head of stolen cattle at the Dickson Regional Livestock Center in Dickson for more than $7,000, according to the Tennessee Department of Agriculture's Ag Crime Unit. On Jan. 31, Jason Andrew Witherspoon of Lebanon, purchased the ...
Lebanon man accused of selling stolen cattle after paying with a bad checkWZTV
Lebanon man charged after selling stolen cattleWKRN.com

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US secretary of state in Lebanon as part of Mideast trip - News & Observer Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:58:00 GMT

News & Observer
US secretary of state in Lebanon as part of Mideast trip
News & Observer
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held talks with the Lebanese president amid a growing dispute between the small Mediterranean country and neighboring Israel over oil and gas reserves, and Israel's construction of a border wall that Lebanon says ...
US secretary of state meets key Hezbollah allies in LebanonWichita Eagle

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Pope Francis to priests from Lebanon: To build peace, place yourselves at service of all - ROME REPORTS TV News Agency Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:29:59 GMT

ROME REPORTS TV News Agency
Pope Francis to priests from Lebanon: To build peace, place yourselves at service of all
ROME REPORTS TV News Agency
Pope Francis met with Maronite seminarians and priests. They're from Lebanon and study in Rome. The pope told them their mission is preparing to sow peace in the Middle East. Their country serves as an example of peaceful coexistence between Christians ...

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Lebanon Police Say Two Upper Valley Men Sentenced in Internet Solication Cases - Valley News Fri, 16 Feb 2018 19:52:16 GMT

Valley News
Lebanon Police Say Two Upper Valley Men Sentenced in Internet Solication Cases
Valley News
Lebanon — Two Upper Valley men have been sentenced to prison for attempting to solicit minors in separate incidents after undercover police officers connected with potential predators on the internet, Lebanon police said today. After pleading guilty ...

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Tillerson holds prolonged talks in Turkey trying to mend soured relationship - Washington Post Thu, 15 Feb 2018 22:12:50 GMT

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Tillerson holds prolonged talks in Turkey trying to mend soured relationship
Washington Post
Tillerson has more meetings with Cavusoglu scheduled for Friday. Earlier Thursday during a stop in Beirut, Tillerson urged Lebanon to distance itself from the Hezbollah militia as he met with political allies of the group. “Hezbollah's presence in ...

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Tillerson says Hezbollah a threat to Lebanon and the region - Los Angeles Times Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:54:34 GMT

Los Angeles Times
Tillerson says Hezbollah a threat to Lebanon and the region
Los Angeles Times
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday delivered a warning to Lebanon's leaders about Hezbollah, saying the Shiite Muslim movement's growing arsenal and participation in foreign conflicts pose a threat to the country and the region. Speaking at ...

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