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Israeli gas company says natural gas field found offshore near Israel-Lebanon ... - Washington Post (blog)
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Israeli gas company says natural gas field found offshore near Israel-Lebanon ...
Washington Post (blog)
JERUSALEM — American and Israeli gas prospectors say they have discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border. Delek Group Ltd. announced the discovery to Israel's stock exchange Sunday.
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Hariri tribunal proceeds without suspects - Outcome Magazine (blog)
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The Daily Star
Hariri tribunal proceeds without suspects
Outcome Magazine (blog)
2 (UPI) — The UN tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister announced it would try four men accused of the attack in absentia. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is investigating the 2005 assassination of former ...
Future Movement, PSP to jointly commemorate Hariri assassinationThe Daily Star
Hariri murder suspects to be tried in absentiaThe National
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Lebanese army searches for armed groups on border: report - The Daily Star
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Lebanese army searches for armed groups on border: report
The Daily Star
Damascus has repeatedly urged Lebanon to prevent arms-smuggling on the border, prompting Lebanon's Higher Defense Council to implement additional measures to control the poorly demarcated border and curb the transfer of weapons from one country to the ...
Daher: Associating terrorism with North Lebanon 'insults' the countryNOW LEBANON
Lebanese Army Deploys in Wadi Khaled, Opposition Describes Measures as 'Syrian ...Naharnet
MP Merhabi: Lebanon army is acting on orders from SyriaYa Libnan
Syrian Arab News Agency -Arutz Sheva
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Lebanese Army Deploys in Wadi Khaled, Opposition Describes Measures as 'Syrian ... - Naharnet
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:22
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Lebanese Army Deploys in Wadi Khaled, Opposition Describes Measures as 'Syrian ...
Naharnet
“There are plans between the (Lebanese) army and the Syrian forces to displace the Syrian refugees in Lebanon and to arrest those who are wanted” by the regime, Merehbi said. He noted that the “Syrian army is forcing the residents of the area to refuse ...
MP Merhabi: Lebanon army is acting on orders from SyriaYa Libnan
LBC: Lebanese army deploys to Wadi Khaled, AkroumNOW LEBANON
A Lebanese Confesses to Involvement in Smuggling Weapons from Wadi Khaled to ...Syrian Arab News Agency
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Nassib Lahoud extolled as ardent democrat at funeral - The Daily Star
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 10:01
Ya Libnan
Nassib Lahoud extolled as ardent democrat at funeral
The Daily Star
He served as Lebanon's ambassador to the US in 1990. In 1991, he was elected a member of Parliament for the Maronite seat in the Metn district and again in 1992 in the country's first post-war parliamentary elections. In April 2001, he established the ...
Lebanese bid farewell to Nassib LahoudYa Libnan
Our shadow presidentNOW LEBANON
Nassib Lahoud Decorated with Order of the Cedar during Funeral ProcessionNaharnet
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LBC: Lebanese army deploys to Wadi Khaled, Akroum - NOW LEBANON
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 09:49
Ya Libnan
LBC: Lebanese army deploys to Wadi Khaled, Akroum
NOW LEBANON
“The Syrian army is still laying land mines at the border with Lebanon,” it added. An-Nahar newspaper reported earlier that the Lebanese army has set up checkpoints and deployed reinforcements in two northern areas in order to counter acts of smuggling ...
MP Merhabi: Lebanon army is acting on orders from SyriaYa Libnan
A Lebanese Confesses to Involvement in Smuggling Weapons from Wadi Khaled to ...Syrian Arab News Agency
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New UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Arrives in Beirut - Naharnet
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 07:59
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New UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Arrives in Beirut
Naharnet
“In fulfilling his functions, the Special Coordinator for Lebanon is the Secretary-General's representative to the Lebanese government, all political parties and the diplomatic community based in the country,” the statement said.
New UN special coordinator arrives in LebanonThe Daily Star
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Soueid blames Hezbollah for “Lebanon's current problems” - NOW LEBANON
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 07:00
Soueid blames Hezbollah for “Lebanon's current problems”
NOW LEBANON
March 14 General Secretariat coordinator Fares Soueid said on Saturday that Hezbollah has currently put Lebanon in an impasse, by not relinquishing its weapons. Soueid told the Free Lebanon radio station that the Shia group “needs to bear in mind that ...
From The Daily Star: Lebanese middle class diminishing in size - Al-Arabiya
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 05:52
Al-Arabiya
From The Daily Star: Lebanese middle class diminishing in size
Al-Arabiya
By Paula Jahn BEIRUT: Lebanon's once-thriving middle class is now shrinking in number as high inflation, relatively low wages and a lack of major investments in productive sectors take their toll on the population.Lebanon's recovery from its 1975-90 ...
An-Nahar: Lebanese army deploy reinforcements in two northern areas - NOW LEBANON
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 03:24
Syrian Arab News Agency
An-Nahar: Lebanese army deploy reinforcements in two northern areas
NOW LEBANON
The Beirut newspaper An-Nahar reported on Saturday that the Lebanese army has set up checkpoints and deployed reinforcements in two northern areas in order to counter acts of smuggling, which are allegedly taking place in North Lebanon.
A Lebanese Confesses to Involvement in Smuggling Weapons from Wadi Khaled to ...Syrian Arab News Agency
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Lebanese press round-up: February 4, 2012 - NOW LEBANON
Sat, 02/04/2012 - 01:45
The Daily Star
Lebanese press round-up: February 4, 2012
NOW LEBANON
Press round-up for Saturday, February 4th from the morning edition of Lebanon's An-Nahar, Al-Akhbar, As-Safir, and Ad-Diyar newspapers. Blocking is to extend for a long time and no initiatives for a government “in dire straits.
Francois Bassil: Lebanon may suffer Greece's fateThe Daily Star
Wind energy in Lebanon: potential to generate 140 MW through wind powerREVE
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Lebanese winter recipes look to the past - The Daily Star
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 20:00
The Daily Star
Lebanese winter recipes look to the past
The Daily Star
By Olivia Alabaster BEIRUT: The sun may be shining this weekend, but Lebanon's protracted cold weather is apparently far from over. We spoke to those in the know about the most nourishing and healthy of recipes to keep you warm this winter.
France will maintain support for Lebanon 'whoever wins at polls' - The Daily Star
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:58
The Daily Star
France will maintain support for Lebanon 'whoever wins at polls'
The Daily Star
There are currently 21000 French citizens registered in Lebanon, 90 percent of whom are dual French-Lebanese citizens, Rita Maalouf, Hollande's delegate for presidential election in Lebanon, told The Daily Star. Around 14000 of them are registered to ...
Sleiman praises Lebanese-French tiesNOW LEBANON
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Abu Faour seeks comprehensive mechanisms to tackle poverty - The Daily Star
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 19:53
The Daily Star
Abu Faour seeks comprehensive mechanisms to tackle poverty
The Daily Star
He cited UN figures from 2004 as saying that while 30 percent of Lebanese were under the poverty line, around 8.5 percent, or 350000 people, were living in extreme poverty. During a meeting with officials at the South Lebanon Cultural Council, ...
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In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded - Boston.com
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 16:33
In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded
Boston.com
Friends smuggled Abu Hamza immediately across the border into Lebanon. Now nearly two months later he is recuperating in a clinic set up by Syrian exiles in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The 25-year-old remains defiant. The green-white-and-red ...
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Sarkozy''s office confirms meeting with Lebanese PM next Friday - Kuwait News Agency
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:49
Sarkozy''s office confirms meeting with Lebanese PM next Friday
Kuwait News Agency
Lebanon's delays in making its financial contribution to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is investigating the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri complicated relations but Lebanon late last year made good on its ...
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Lebanese Armenian MP thanks French envoy for genocide bill adoption - PanARMENIAN.Net
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:46
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Lebanese Armenian MP thanks French envoy for genocide bill adoption
PanARMENIAN.Net
Net - Lebanese Forces MP Shant Janjanian, a Lebanese-Armenian, delivered a thank-you letter to the French envoy to Lebanon, Denis Pietton for the adoption of the bill criminalizing denial of the Armenian Genocide, Daily Star reported.
MP Janjanian thanks French envoy over Armenian genocide lawThe Daily Star
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In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded - The Associated Press
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:16
In Lebanon, a refuge for Syria's wounded
The Associated Press
Friends smuggled Abu Hamza immediately across the border into Lebanon. Now nearly two months later he is recuperating in a clinic set up by Syrian exiles in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. The 25-year-old remains defiant. The green-white-and-red ...
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Polls: Jordanians and Lebanese strongly negative toward Jews - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 14:49
Polls: Jordanians and Lebanese strongly negative toward Jews
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- Polls showed overwhelmingly negative feelings for Israel and Jews among Jordanians and Lebanese. The polls commissioned by The Israel Project in November and December and published Thursday showed 94 percent negatives for Israel and ...
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Francois Bassil: Lebanon May Suffer Greece's Fate - LoanSafe
Fri, 02/03/2012 - 13:36
The Daily Star
Francois Bassil: Lebanon May Suffer Greece's Fate
LoanSafe
by Alex Ferreras on February 3, 2012 in Latest Financial News (Source Osama Habib The Daily Star, Beirut, Lebanon) – BEIRUT: A leading Lebanese banker fears a Greek economic scenario in Lebanon this year if the government fails to take immediate action ...
Lebanon's Electrical Woes Become Political FootballOilPrice.com
Beirut looks to wind powerUPI.com
Breaking the bloc?NOW LEBANON
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