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Hezbollah backs proportional representation for 2013 polls
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May 11, 2012 10:09 PM
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BEIRUT: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah voiced support Friday for an elections law based on proportional representation, describing it as the most optimal system for the upcoming polls which he said needed to be held on time. Nasrallah also said Hezbollah has the ability to hit multiple...
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Carpet factory north of Beirut catches fire
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May 11, 2012 11:01 AM
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SAFRA, Lebanon: Several floors of a carpet factory building in Safra, north of Beirut, caught fire and collapsed Friday as Civil Defense personnel worked to extinguish the flames. At least five workers at the manufacturer were injured. The fire erupted on the east side of the last floor of the...
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Comprehensive deal needed to end Cabinet expenditure row: Terro
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May 10, 2012 12:37 PM
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BEIRUT: The Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) reiterated Thursday it would only back a comprehensive settlement that encompasses disputed expenditures by Cabinets since 2005 in order to resolve the thorny issue of government overspending. “PSP lawmakers will only vote for a draft law that...
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GLC strike fails as call for action goes unheeded
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May 04, 2012 02:28 AM
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BEIRUT: The General Labor Confederation suffered a major moral blow Thursday when most businesses, schools and workers refused to observe its call for a strike. Most independent labor unions as well as associations of school teachers and bank employees were even very critical of the GLC...
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Normal work day across Lebanon despite GLC strike
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May 03, 2012 09:55 AM
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BEIRUT/SIDON: Head of the General Labor Confederation Ghassan Ghosn said Thursday the one-day general strike was a warning to the government, though he admitted that wide swaths of the public and private sectors failed to heed his organization's call. “This is a warning strike and it is true that...
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Actors protest colleagues' jail sentence
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April 25, 2012 05:39 PM
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BEIRUT: Actors and actresses held a protest at the Justice Palace Wednesday to denounce the jail sentence meted out to two of their number for behavior deemed indecent at a comedy show two years ago.In 2011, Edmond Haddad and Rawya al-Shab were sentenced to one month in prison and a fine of...
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Lebanese lawyer says his case against Assad at ICC strictly legal
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April 19, 2012 05:29 PM
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BEIRUT: Lebanese lawyer Tareq Shandab said Thursday a lawsuit he filed against President Bashar Assad last week at The Hague aims at defending the oppressed, and stressed that his motive is a just and proper application of the law. “I am a lawyer and it is my duty to defend the...
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Continued acrimony on day 3 of Parliament evaluation
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April 19, 2012 11:27 AM
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BEIRUT: Acrimony and tension dominated the third parliamentary session Thursday, which aimed at evaluating the performance of the Cabinet but proved similar to the last two ones, as rival parliamentarians flung accusations at each other. Shortly after inaugurating the session, Speaker of...
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Parliament mudslinging for 2nd day over Cabinet performance
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April 18, 2012 11:20 AM
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BEIRUT: Rival parliamentarians took turns Wednesday lambasting each other’s coalitions in what increasingly came to resemble electioneering as opposed to evaluating the performance of the current Cabinet. In the second day of the Parliament’s general session and in the first round, 10...
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Activists deploy cyberattacks on government websites
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April 18, 2012 01:23 AM
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BEIRUT: A group of activists affiliated with the global hacking collective Anonymous launched a barrage of cyberattacks on government websites Tuesday, defacing high-profile homepages for extended periods of time. The activist and hacker group Raise Your Voice replaced the homepages of 16 security...
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Lebanese Civil War memories die hard
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April 13, 2012 08:07 PM
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BEIRUT: As the country commemorates the outbreak of Lebanon’s Civil War, those who lived through it recount the harrowing memories that never seem to fade. Thirty-seven years ago on April 13, veteran journalist Claude Salhani was covering a parade organized by the Popular Front for The...
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Protest in Beirut in solidarity with Bahrain uprising, Khawaja
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April 13, 2012 01:28 PM
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BEIRUT: Around 100 men and women protested Friday in Downtown Beirut in support of the “uprising in Bahrain” and for the release of imprisoned Bahraini activist Abdul-Hadi al-Khawaja who has been on hunger strike for 64 days. A line of women in black held large signs with Khawaja’ picture as...
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Gasoline prices continue record climb, transport sector to strike
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April 11, 2012 09:17 AM
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BEIRUT: Gasoline prices reached a record high Wednesday for the second consecutive week, increasing by LL600 as the transportation sector prepares for its April 19 general strike. According to the Energy Ministry's weekly price update, the price of 98-octane graded fuel is now LL39,700 while...
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Lebanon TV cameraman killed 'by Syrian army' on border
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April 09, 2012 03:49 PM
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BEIRUT: Al-Jadeed TV cameraman Ali Shaaban was killed Monday at a border crossing in the area of Wadi Khaled, north Lebanon, security sources said. Al-Jadeed blamed the Syrian army for the incident. The TV crew was reporting from Khat Naft in the Wadi Khaled area when their vehicle was shot at as...
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Public transport sector to strike over rising gasoline prices
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April 05, 2012 05:05 PM
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BEIRUT: With gasoline prices skyrocketing in the past weeks, the public transport sector called for a protest on April 19, demanding an increase to the family compensation allowance and a decrease in gasoline prices either via a subsidy or the imposition of a price ceiling. “The protest has...
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