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Palestinians probe sale of Israeli candy in camp
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May 21, 2012 01:30 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Palestinian forces launched a probe into the sale of candy with Hebrew-language wrappers in the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp Sunday. The Palestinian Follow-Up committee for the camp ordered a security force to confiscate the candy, hundreds of large bags of which were wrapped in fake...
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No cover for Ain al-Hilweh arms smugglers: committee
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May 21, 2012 01:30 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: The Palestinian Follow-up Committee for the Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp affirmed Sunday that it will lift political cover from any arms trafficking in the camp. The committee held a meeting to discuss recent security developments and issued a statement affirming the need to preserve...
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Islamists take on a decisive role in Sidon
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May 19, 2012 01:25 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Becoming familiar with prayer times is a prerequisite to planning meetings with representatives of the southern city of Sidon’s increasingly influential Islamist groups. The call to prayer determines when an interview starts and when it’s called off. Historically...
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Jibril: Arms outside camps are part of resistance
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May 19, 2012 01:25 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Disarming Palestinian factions outside refugee camps in Lebanon should be off the table indefinitely, according to Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command. He told reporters during a visit to the south, his first since 1982, that...
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Army detains man caught with arms cache
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May 18, 2012 01:47 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: The Army detained a man near Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp after discovering a Grad rocket, a number of hand grenades and mortarsin his truck, a security source told The Daily Star. The source said that Mohammad Hasan al-Far, 26, was stopped at a checkpoint and the...
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Sidon split, but determined to stay calm
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May 18, 2012 01:46 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: As bloody fighting raged in north Lebanon for a sixth day, the southern city of Sidon remained bustling with activity Thursday as factions from across the political spectrum ruled out a spillover of violence. With the city’s municipality racing against the clock to finalize...
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Israel resumes construction on separation wall after Nakba Day
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May 17, 2012 01:48 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Israel resumed at 8 a.m. Wednesday construction of its separation wall on the border with Lebanon facing Fatima’s Gate in the village of Kfar Kila, after it halted work on the wall for four days in the run-up to the 64th anniversary of the Nakba, the Palestinian catastrophe of...
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Emergency meeting in Sidon aims to safeguard city against repeat of Tripoli scenario
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May 15, 2012 01:53 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: In an attempt to safeguard stability in the south amid the ongoing unrest in the north, political and religious figures from Sidon held an emergency meeting Monday in the eastern suburb of Majdalyoun. Officials from across the political divide in Sidon called on the Lebanese Army...
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Nakba Day commemorations to only take place inside camps
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May 15, 2012 01:51 AM
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AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon: Tuesday’s commemorations of the 64th anniversary of the Nakba – the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948 – will be restricted to the country’s refugee camps, with no mass rallies planned at the border with Israel. These arrangements were made after...
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Lebanon’s Palestinians wary of Nakba march
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May 12, 2012 02:15 AM
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AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon: In the run-up to next week’s annual commemoration of the Nakba – the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948 – the enthusiasm of refugees is mixed about heading to the border and staging a protest on the edge of their homeland. This year, the event will be marked...
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Lebanese vote in municipal by-elections
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May 06, 2012 01:17 PM
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BEIRUT: Lebanese took part in municipal by-elections for 36 towns and villages across the country Sunday. The Internal Security Forces’ operations center said the percentage of voters in the morning reached 16 percent in the 36 villages. Turnout reached as high as 35 percent in some areas....
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Sidon Government Hospital employees protest over failure to pay salaries
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May 05, 2012 01:22 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Employees at the city’s Government Hospital assembled in front of the facility Friday to protest the nonpayment of last month’s salaries, as fears of the institution’s imminent closure continue to grow. About 300 workers, including doctors and nurses, urged the...
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Path of wall along Lebanon border will follow agreement: Israel
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May 04, 2012 02:21 AM
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KFAR KILA, Lebanon: Israel pledged to correct a slight deviation in the path of a wall under construction on its borders with Lebanon, a security source told The Daily Star Thursday. Lebanon had objected Wednesday to the excavation, arguing that at several points it was between 30 and 65...
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Parties race to unify lists ahead of by-elections
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May 04, 2012 02:11 AM
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SIDON, Lebanon: Political parties and influential local figures are busy announcing candidate lists and convincing independent candidates to withdraw in time for this weekend’s municipal by-elections to allow candidate tickets to win unopposed. The last-minute negotiations continued to bear...
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2 injured in vehicle collision in south Lebanon
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May 01, 2012 06:28 PM
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KFAR FALLOUS, Lebanon: Two Palestinians incurred moderate injuries Tuesday after their motorcycle collided into a car on a main road in Jezzine, south Lebanon. Lebanese Red Cross ambulances rushed Mahmoud Mohammad al-Abbasi, 21, and Khaled Mohammad al-Asadi, 22, to a hospital in the southern...
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