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Mleeta complex celebrates triumphs of Resistance
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June 16, 2010 12:00 AM
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MLEETA: As construction workers put the finishing touches on the doorframe in the lobby of this extravagant complex, a familiar voice can be heard booming from within. A child sits on his father’s lap among a row of chairs, a couple in front in the next row, all watching a large screen on...
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Thousands to join Laique Pride march in name of secularism
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April 23, 2010 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Over the next handful of Sundays, thousands will head to the polls to elect their municipal leaders. The process is anticipated to yield few surprises, with established mayoral candidates likely to cruise to unspectacular victories. But for Saeed Chaitou, this coming Sunday offers a...
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World's richest man sees Lebanon as promising country for development
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March 18, 2010 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Hundreds gathered to hear imparted wisdom from the world’s richest man; Mexican-Lebanese entrepreneur Carlos Slim at the American University of Beirut Wednesday. Speaking on his successful career and business experience spanning over 50 years during a lecture titled “The New...
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Landmark case lands Lebanese woman in jail for beating migrant maid
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December 15, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese woman was sentenced by a Batroun court to 15 days in prison this week after being found guilty of beating a Filipino maid working in her home. The accused, who has been identified only by her initials F.S., was also asked to pay a court fine of $34 and a further $7,200 in...
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Britain open to contacts with Hizbullah
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December 01, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Britain is willing to step-up contact with Hizbullah as they begin to play a bigger role in Lebanon’s government, Foreign Secretary David Miliband told The Daily Star in an exclusive interview. Miliband told the paper this week he believed “carefully considered contact...
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Gunpoint taxi muggings on rise in Beirut
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November 27, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Expats and tourists are becoming the target of armed robbers in Beirut, with six known cases of muggings at gunpoint in almost as many weeks. Each of the victims’ stories plays out the same: taking a service taxi that already has another passenger in the front – either in...
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Women lose out in Lebanon's liberal illusion
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November 09, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Outside observers often express awe at the perceived emancipation women enjoy in “the Paris of the Middle East” – a triumph in the battle for women’s rights, to be heeded by other states in this often misogynistic region. However, ask a Lebanese woman married...
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Alarming trend of domestic worker deaths persists
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November 09, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: At least six domestic migrant workers are believed to have committed suicide in the past month in Lebanon. But rather than being anomalies, their deaths are the most recent in an alarming trend. According to Human Rights Watch, more than one female migrant worker dies a week on...
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Jerusalem culture capital celebrations shift to Lebanon
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October 31, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanon is to mark occupied Jerusalem’s appointment as “Arab Culture Capital 2009” with events across the country for the Palestinian Diaspora next month, as Israel quashes celebrations at home. The much-contested capital Jerusalem was chosen by UNESCO and the...
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Middle East Airlines to resume direct flights to Baghdad end of month
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October 24, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines (MEA) have announced they are resuming flights to Iraq at the end of the month – one of few travel companies to re-open links since the US-led invasion. The national carrier of Lebanon is set to make its first flight from Rafik Hariri International Airport on...
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World's 'last man' calls for action on climate change
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October 19, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: The last man on earth is sitting inside a clear glass cube on the Beirut Corniche, suffering under the sun’s unbearably harsh rays and rising sea levels. The summers are far hotter than he remembers and the rain much heavier. While this scene may not actually be a reality today,...
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The dark tourist comes home to Lebanon
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October 19, 2009 12:00 AM
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Interview BEIRUT: Any good comedian will tell you that from great tragedy you must make laughter. Dom Joly, a Beirut-born British comic heavyweight would know the technique a little better than most. A comedian and writer who found fame a decade ago with his hidden camera show...
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Lebanese see Obama's Nobel Prize as premature
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October 13, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: US President Barack Obama was awarded a Nobel Prize for peace on the weekend, sparking polarized reactions in Lebanon, where many feel he has not yet earned one of the world’s highest accolades. Praising Obama for his efforts to help along Middle East peace talks, the Norwegian...
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Drama gives voice to young Palestinians
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October 12, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: “If Palestine was free I would play outside with my friends. If Palestine was free I could ask my grandparents about their stories. If Palestine was free I would plant a thousand olive trees.” The voices of Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon are mostly drowned out, by...
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Lebanon's Armenians reject accord with Turkey
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October 09, 2009 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanese Armenian community leaders have drawn up a petition condemning the accord to be signed Saturday between Armenia and Turkey, accusing Armenian President Serge Sarkisian of dismissing past suffering caused by the long-standing foe. Sarkisian received a frosty reception when he...
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