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48 min ago | The Daily Star

Tripoli in flames as truce proves elusive

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Fighting intensified in the northern city of Tripoli after talks to reach a cease-fire failed Wednesday, as the casualty toll from four consecutive days of fighting rose to 14 dead and more than 100 wounded.

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48 min ago | The Daily Star

Parties debate duration of Parliament term extension

From left, Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Ministers Nicolas Fattoush, Ahmad Karami and Ali Qanso attend a Parliament session in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, April 17, 2012.

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48 min ago | Canada.com

Britain formally launches bid to label Hezbollah's military wing a terrorist organization

In this Sept. 17, 2012 photo, Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, waves to his supporters, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, World News, Middle East, Lebanon, Francois Hollande

2 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Everybody dance now! B-boys battle it out in Beirut's B018 night club

The sour smell of rotting meat wafts from Karantina's slaughterhouses down into a bomb shelter-like night club called B 018 , and mingles with the sweaty odor of 200 young people, mostly dudes amped up on free energy drinks.

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2 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Syrian rebels stay out of Tripoli fight

Syrian refugees protest in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees offices in Tripoli, Thursday, Jan.

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4 hrs ago | The Daily Star

Salameh rules out bank financing for PPPs

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh, left, and the head of the Association of Lebanese Banks Joseph Torbey attend a conference in Beirut, Tuesday, May 21, 2013.

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9 hrs ago | Global Voices Online

Egypt: "Are you Happy Morsi?"

Are you happy President Morsi? We are living in darkness and the future looks worse.

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18 hrs ago | AME Info

Samsung Electronics Levant and CTC launch Galaxy S4 in Lebanese market

Samsung Electronics Levant, the world leader in consumer electronics and digital technology, and Cherfane Tawil and Co.

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Tue May 21, 2013

News24

Hezbollah sends fighters to Syria battle

Beirut - Dozens of people, mostly combatants, have been killed in ongoing battles for the Syrian town of Qusayr, a watchdog said on Tuesday, as Hezbollah sent new elite fighters to the rebel stronghold.

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The Peninsula

Kanun Concerto: QPO premieres Marcel Khalife's Kanun Concerto

Unesco Artist for Peace Amine Kouider will conduct the Qatar Philharmonic Orchestra in the world premiere of Unesco Artist for Peace Marcel Khalife's Kanun Concerto tomorrow, at 7.30pm in Katara Cultural Village Opera House.

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AME Info

LICEX 2013 Launches

The Lebanon Infrastructure Conference and Exhibition is taking place in the prestigious Hilton Habtoor Grand Hotel, Beirut on 10 and 11 October 2013 with the support of the Secretariat General of the Higher Council for Privatisation.

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The Review

Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town

Hezbollah fighters in their military uniform, foreground, carry the coffin of Hezbollah fighter Hassan Faisal Shuker, 18, who was killed in a battle against Syrian rebels in the Syrian town of Qusair, during his funeral procession in his hometown of Nabi Sheet in the eastern Bekaa valley, Lebanon, Monday May 20, 2013.

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The Peninsula

Lebanese farmland firm to invest up to $800m in Sudan

KHARTOUM: Lebanese farmland investor GLB Invest plans to invest up to $800 million in Sudan to produce animal feed to be sold to Saudi Arabia, its president said on Tuesday.

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Mon May 20, 2013

Newsday

Report: 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria

In Nassau Cnty accident. shoulder blocked on Wantagh Pkwy SB between Hempstead Tpk/NY Rt-24/W3 and The Southern Pkwy/W4 In Nassau Cnty accident.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Journalism, Lebanon, OR, Lebanon,

AlertNet

Hezbollah suffers big losses in Syria battle-activists

Boys walk along a damaged street filled with debris in Deir al-Zor May 19, 2013.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Arutz Sheva Israel News

Senior Hizbullah Official Killed in Syria Fighting

A senior Hizbullah terrorist was among 20 members of the group who were killed in intense fighting in Syria on Sunday, Al Arabiya reports.

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ABC News

Lebanon's radical chic

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Lebanon's war-ravaged capital has long been heralded by Western visitors as one of the most secular stopovers in the Middle East.

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AME Info

Jack Wills opens first store in Beirut

Jack Wills, the quintessential British clothing brand, made its debut in Lebanon as its first prestigious store opened in Beirut's City Centre Mall.

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New Hampshire Public Radio -

Syrian Troops Target Key Rebel-Held Town

Syrians inspect Saturday the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes in Qusair, Syria.

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Groong

Book Review: 'Bone Ash Sky'- Harrowing stories from a broken world

Weekend Australian May 18, 2013 Saturday 5 - All-round Review Edition Harrowing stories from a broken world Review by Peter Pierce Bone Ash Sky By Katerina Cosgrove Hardie Grant, 465pp, $29.95 KATERINA Cosgrove's first novel, The Glass Heart, was published as long ago as 2000.

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