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Lebanese activists fight to curb animal abuse
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January 28, 2012 12:53 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s animal rights activists are fighting to bring to national attention what they say are rampant trafficking and abuse, problems that are far from priorities in a country plagued with turbulence. While there are no official studies, activists estimate thousands – if not...
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U.N. chief to discuss Syria, Hariri court in Lebanon
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January 12, 2012 11:38 AM
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BEIRUT: U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon's fourth visit to Lebanon, which starts on Friday, is expected to focus on the controversial Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) and the deadly crisis in neighboring Syria. A government source told AFP, on condition of anonymity, Ban was expected to address...
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Cold war heats up between Washington and Hezbollah
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December 24, 2011 11:20 AM
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BEIRUT: A war of words is heating up between Hezbollah and Washington, with allegations and counter-allegations flying between the two foes as the crisis in Syria takes its toll on the Shiite militant group. The cold war between Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah and the United States -- which...
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Arab world faces HIV epidemic, experts warn
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December 07, 2011 11:53 AM
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BEIRUT: In an Arab world rife with social stigma, government inaction and often limited access to education and medical care, experts warn that an HIV epidemic is on the rise. "In the Middle East and North Africa, the HIV epidemic has been on the rise for the past decade," said...
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Lebanon of two minds on Syria revolt
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November 17, 2011 10:32 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanon's decision to stand by Syria's embattled Bashar al-Assad has deepened the rift between the Hezbollah-dominated government and pro-Western opposition. "The decision of the Lebanese government to support the Syrian regime went against the current of the Arab Spring and...
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Syria revolt strains Lebanon’s struggling economy
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October 31, 2011 12:49 AM
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BEIRUT: Lebanon’s economy is feeling the strain of a seven-month uprising against Syria’s Bashar Assad, as the increasingly violent revolt takes its toll on tourism, trade and capital inflows. “The Arab Spring has not been remotely beneficial to the Lebanese economy. It’s...
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Syria revolt brings hope for families of missing Lebanese
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October 13, 2011 02:52 PM
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BEIRUT: The seven-month-old revolt in neighbouring Syria has given hope to Lebanese families trying to find what happened to thousands of loved ones who disappeared during their country's civil war and are believed dead or held in Syrian jails. "For the first time in many, many years,...
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Enter the shabiha: Syrian regime's civilian guards
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October 06, 2011 02:24 PM
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BEIRUT: Fighting to stay in power, Syria’s ruling elite has unleashed its paramilitary pro-regime civilian forces – the “shabiha” – to help crush a revolt that shows no sign of slowing, experts say. “The shabiha are a tool which allows the regime to behave in...
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Tribunal funding, arrests test Lebanon Cabinet
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July 16, 2011 06:37 PM
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BEIRUT: After winning a confidence vote at home, Lebanon’s Hezbollah-dominated government is headed for another test over the country’s financial duties toward the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). But experts say there is little the government will – or can – do in...
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Roux: STL fugitives now in need of lawyers
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July 06, 2011 12:00 AM
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BEIRUT: The defense chief of a U.N.-backed court which has indicted Hezbollah members over the murder of Lebanon’s ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri urged Tuesday those charged to get lawyers, warning they were now fugitives. “As of now, as of the moment the arrest warrants are issued,...
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Economy may prove tipping point for Syrian government
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June 24, 2011 02:23 AM
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BEIRUT: Syria’s flailing economy could prove the tipping point for Bashar Assad’s government as he seeks to quell a pro-democracy revolt posing a major threat to his rule, analysts say. “There are some wild cards left in Syria, and the economy is one of them,” said one...
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Economy may prove tipping point for Syrian regime
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June 23, 2011 01:50 PM
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BEIRUT: Syria's flailing economy could prove the tipping point for the autocratic regime of Bashar al-Assad as he seeks to quell a pro-democracy revolt posing a major threat to his rule, analysts say. "There are some wild cards left in Syria, and the economy is one of them,"...
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Tunisia's Ben Ali denies all charges on eve of trial
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June 19, 2011 12:37 PM
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BEIRUT: Former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader toppled in a wave of uprisings around the Arab world, has denied all charges against him on the eve of his trial in absentia back home. Ben Ali, whose trial by a criminal court begins in Tunis on Monday, "strongly...
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