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Massive roadway pollution leads to early death
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May 25, 2012 01:27 AM
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BEIRUT: The country’s air pollution is making our lives shorter, according to findings presented by an environmental research team at the American University of Beirut Thursday.The startling research shows levels of dangerous particles along the country’s roadways are twice the levels of...
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U.N. official urges citizens to guard freedom
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May 23, 2012 01:32 AM
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BEIRUT: A United Nations official called on Lebanon not to lose sight of the importance of freedom of expression and assembly after recent violence in the country caused government representatives and several Gulf countries to skip the opening day of a United Nations conference Tuesday. The event...
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Lebanese expat brought in to help improve food safety
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May 22, 2012 02:03 AM
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BEIRUT: A Lebanese expatriate who is an expert on food safety has been brought in from the U.S. to improve food handling processes as part of the response to the expired goods scandal that shook the food industry last month, revealing hundreds of tons of expired food. Fadi Aramouni, a professor...
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Low turnout at Beirut peace rally frustrates attendees
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May 22, 2012 02:03 AM
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BEIRUT: Very few people turned out for the “Say No to War” rally at Martyr’s Square Monday meant to denounce the bloody clashes that shook Beirut the night before. People unsettled by the violence in Tariq al-Jadideh that killed at least two and wounded 11 used Facebook, Twitter...
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Ain al-Hilweh deals with psychological impact of camp violence
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May 21, 2012 01:30 AM
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AIN AL-HILWEH, Lebanon: During the height of one feud in the Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp months ago, a bomb targeting fighters was discovered under a house. The bomb was defused; no harm done.But not quite. The family that lived in the building the bomb was planted under could not stop...
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Syrian refugees who fled violence face fresh fears of war in Tripoli
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May 19, 2012 01:12 AM
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BEIRUT: After fleeing gunfire and shelling in their home country, Syrian refugees in Tripoli are again facing the terror of warfare as weeklong armed clashes have the northern city on the edge of chaos. Refugees are living in fear and many are considering moving elsewhere in Lebanon or returning...
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Luxury on display at Dbayyeh boat show
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May 17, 2012 01:51 AM
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DBAYYEH, Lebanon: The nation’s affluent turned out Wednesday for a sparkling exhibition of boats, yachts and all their accoutrements at the Joseph Khoury marina in Dbayyeh. Scantily clad women hawked everything from 100-foot yachts to the plush towels to go in them. Exhibition tents were...
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Manqoushe, the food that binds all Lebanese
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May 14, 2012 02:25 AM
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BEIRUT: The number of things in this country that hold people together is dwindling. Wealth disparities and sectarian and political divides cut between Lebanon’s communities. But one of the things that bind in this fractured landscape is a breakfast food, a small round flatbread kneaded by...
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Media experts discuss local media’s objectivity deficit
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May 09, 2012 01:38 AM
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BEIRUT: A debate between journalists on objectivity and reporting standards capped a two-day conference on press freedom backed by the United Nations Tuesday, with attendees focused particularly on how to improve the country’s very politicized reporting atmosphere. Held at the Holiday Inn...
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UNHCR aid distribution to refugees in north delayed
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May 05, 2012 01:22 AM
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BEIRUT: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees has had “small delays” in aid distribution in north Lebanon, where there is the largest concentration of Syrian refugees in the country, a UNHCR spokeswoman told The Daily Star. For several weeks in a row the aid organization reports show...
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Syrian refugees face housing shortage
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May 05, 2012 01:21 AM
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon: There are now so many Syrian refugees in Lebanon that they are running out of places to stay. Aid workers have warned for months that housing levels for refugees are quickly reaching a saturation point for the tens of thousands of refugees here, and it appears that the country...
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Get back to nature at Aley’s Ramlieh Hostel, an eco-friendly spot
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May 04, 2012 02:27 AM
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RAMLIEH, Lebanon: Winding dirt roads up the forested mountainsides near Aley take you to the Ramlieh Hostel, an isolated retreat removed from bustling city life. As winter ends and the snow melts, this small hostel perched in the mountains 40 kilometers from Beirut offers a unique eco-friendly...
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Lebanon’s nostalgia enthusiasts take shelter in a simpler past
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May 03, 2012 02:23 AM
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BEIRUT: Looking to the future isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, especially when one feels nostalgic about a simpler past. A past when lush trees lined the Beirut corniche, buildings were pristine and the future wasn’t crushed by the gears of international war and politics. Large...
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Lebanon UNRWA head to leave post
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April 28, 2012 01:21 AM
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BEIRUT: The head of the country’s United Nations Relief and Works Agency office will be leaving his post next month, UNRWA officials said Friday at their headquarters in Beirut. After four years at his current post, Director Salvatore Lombardo will be leaving to be the Palestinian refugee...
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UNRWA head calls for easing of camp security, jobs for Palestinians
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April 28, 2012 01:21 AM
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BEIRUT: The head of the United Nations Relief Works Agency said Friday he used his two-day visit to Lebanon to press the authorities to give Palestinians more job opportunities and greater mobility to and from the camps. Filippo Grandi told a news conference in UNRWA’s southern Beirut...
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