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Hezbollah militants Thursday began removing street blockades — one day after the reversal of two Lebanese Cabinet decisions made during the recent factional violence. Share This
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Hezbollah militants Thursday began removing street blockades -- one day after the reversal of two Lebanese Cabinet decisions made during the recent factional violence.
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BEIRUT -- There was no road from Damascus. A spat over a story the Syrian government deemed unfair back in 2005 precluded a visa there. The Beirut airport remained shut, as it was a week ago, when armed men, some with beards still wispy, their faces sweaty from adrenaline and fires they stoked al...
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Repressed memories, the horrors of war and Israel's dubious role in a notorious Beirut refugee camp massacre are the themes of the Cannes film festival's first ever fully-animated……Read more
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Amman - Jordan's national carrier, Royal Jordanian, resumed flights to Beirut Thursday night after a one-week halt prompted by military clashes in Lebanon between militias of the Islamic group Hezbollah and forces of pro-government factions. The firs...
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DPA Beirut, May 15 (DPA) The pro-Iranian Shia movement Hezbollah said Thursday it was ready for dialogue with the Western-backed ruling majority to safeguard the unity of the government. “We should solve the issue inside the Lebanese arena and are ready for dialogue to end the Lebanese crisis,” Hezbollah’s deputy secretary General Sheikh Naeem Kassem said. “We [...]
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Beirut - The pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah said Thursday it was ready for dialogue with the Western-backed ruling majority to safeguard the unity of the government, but last minute obstacles delayed efforts by an Arab League delegation. The A...
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CANNES, France (Reuters) - A daring new animated documentary follows Israeli director Ari Folman as he tries to piece together memories of the 1982 massacre of Palestinians in Beirut's Sabra and Shatila camps.
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Beirut - The pro-Iranian Shiite movement Hezbollah said Thursday it was ready for dialogue with the Western-backed ruling majority to safeguard the unity of the government. We should solve the issue inside the Lebanese arena and are ready for dialog...
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Arab League delegation is expected to conclude a deal in Lebanon on Thursday, defusing a crisis that led to six days of armed conflict and threatened to start a new civil war. Share This
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - An Arab League delegation is expected to conclude a deal in Lebanon on Thursday, defusing a crisis that led to six days of armed conflict and threatened to start a new civil war.
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BEIRUT — There was no road from Damascus. A spat over a story the Syrian government deemed unfair back in 2005 precluded a visa there. The Beirut airport remained shut, as it was a week ago, when armed men, some with beards still wispy, their faces sweaty from adrenaline and fires they stoked along… Read the [...]
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This country, or actually its capital Beirut and specifically Muslim West Beirut, the symbol of “resistance for existence,” since last week has become the scene of the bloodiest clashes since the civil war. And West Beirut substantially surrendered to Hezbollah control. The city, I mean West Beirut, and more precisely the Ras Beirut district, stretching like a triangle...
ROOZ :: English (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Tehran's role in Lebanon's crises organized by the country's leading political groups. Living in Beirut and working with universities, media and the middle class, as well as sharing in Lebanese people's security and economic hardships is enough for one to clearly grasp the vast difference between what is published in the Iranian press and what many Lebanese understand as Tehran's role...
FLiXER: Entertainment Industry News (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
Waltz With Bashir, the first official trailer from cinemascopian.com on Vimeo . Jeff Wells points to Cinemascopian , where blogger Yair Rave has posted the Vimeo trailer for Cannes competition entry Waltz With Bashir . This film wasn't on my tentative must-see schedule (which I’ll be posting here before I get on a plane tomorrow), but I might find a place there, thanks to my Sita Sings the Blues -rekindled...
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kalimatnews | 02/16/2008
BEIRUT (IPS) - A bomb tears through the bustling Chevrolet area on the outskirts of Beirut. Bad news travels fast: Captain Wissam Eid from the Internal Security Forces has been killed in the blast. This is a typical day for Lebanese citizens. The year 2007 has already been grim for most Lebanese businesses. Crisis after crisis has weighed down heavily on the Land of the Cedars. A permanent protest...
serenenews | 02/10/2008
BEIRUT, Feb 6 (IPS) - A bomb tears through the bustling Chevrolet area on the outskirts of Beirut. Bad news travels fast: Captain Wissam Eid from the Internal Security Forces has been killed in the blast. This is a typical day for Lebanese citizens. The year 2007 has already been grim for most Lebanese businesses. Crisis after crisis has weighed down heavily on the Land of the Cedars. A permanent
