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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
It's official. Five months after Lebanon's parliamentary elections, the country's squabbling factions have finally formed a government. Citizen journalists react in this post.
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
Hasan Nasrallah is still speaking. He made a good point about the Israeli war on Lebanon in 2006. He said that what was distinctive about that war is that no Lebanese fighter fled from the battle. That this is unprecedented, and it is, especially if you look at Arab armies in war. He said that the problem in 2006 was that Hizbullah had to prevent thousands of volunteers from rushing into South Lebanon...
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Time (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
Hizballah got a greater share of power than that allocated them by the voters in a country where the ballot box rarely has the last word
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Global Security (Free subscription) | yesterday
Despite recent “worrying incidents” in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hizbollah militants battled fiercely three years ago, talk of a new war is alarmist, but all sides must do more to translate the cessation of hostilities into a permanent ceasefire, a senior United Nations official warned today.
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France24 (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has said he hopes stability will flourish in Lebanon with the formation of a new national unity government, Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. Mottaki "expressed the hope that Lebanon will follow the path of stability, calm and reconstruction under the guidance of Prime Minister Saad Hariri with cooperation from all Lebanese people and political...
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France 24 (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Wednesday called on the newly-formed Lebanese unity government to improve conditions for hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees in the country. "Hamas wishes prosperity and development for Lebanon and asks the new government to pay particular attention to the situation of Palestinian refugees," the Damascus-based political bureau of Hamas...
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France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
All Israeli military flights over Lebanon break a resolution aimed at ending the 2006 hostilities between the two neighbors, a UN envoy said Tuesday. "Every single Israeli overflight of Lebanon is a violation, your question gives me a welcome opportunity to repeat that," the UN special envoy for Lebanon, Michael Williams, told reporters. "To the best of my knowledge, there's probably...
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Islam in Action (Free subscription) | yesterday
Just last night we read about Iran and Turkey uniting, now this morning we see Lebanon forming a unity government with Hezbollah. Lets face it, this democracy with Muslims, is not working out as planned. It is time to change the plan and protect ourselves here at home. The first move is to demand an end to Muslim immigration . Lebanon's Hariri forms unity government with Hezbollah By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT...
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Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The Lebanese government should investigate the deaths of eight migrant domestic workers during October 2009, as well as the reasons for the disproportionately high death rate among this group of workers, Human Rights Watch said today. An estimated 200,000 domestic workers, primarily from Sri Lanka, the Philippines, and Ethiopia, work in Lebanon. Four of the deaths are classified by police reports...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Beirut - Lebanon's newly-named cabinet held its first meeting Tuesday, aimed at ending the political impasse that has engulfed the country for more than four months. The cabinet convened at the Baabda presidential Palace under President Michel Suleim...
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Daily Star (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Infighting and meddling blight Lebanon's powerThursday, November 12, 2009- Powered by Editor’s note: As a civil society initiative aiming to curb corruption at all levels and seeking to promote transparency among both Lebanese public and private sectors, the Lebanon Anti Bribery Network (LABN) is launching its policy paper on “The Lebanese Electricity Sector Crisis,” under the framework...
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L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The deadlock-ending accord divides power between U.S.-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, which the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. After a months-long deadlock, Lebanon's rival political camps agreed to a unity government that includes both American-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party and militia that the United States considers a...
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France24 (Free subscription) | yesterday
Lebanon's new unity government held its first meeting on Tuesday at the presidential palace, making clear from the start that it would steer clear of the thorny issue of Hezbollah's weapons. "We will draft a new programme but we will be building on the programme agreed by the previous cabinet," Information Minister Tarek Mitri said in response to a question on whether the new government...
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Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Five months after a Western-backed coalition narrowly beat the Hezbollah-led opposition in in Lebanon's June elections, the two sides reached a deal Monday night.
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Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Queer Arab Magazine Bekhsoos supports the Operation: Sex Change campaign, aimed to raise awareness about transgender issues across the world. The campaign started on November 8, the International day of action for sexual and bodily rights across Muslim societies, and ends on November 20, the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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patrickguillard | 04/27/2009
During the next legislative elections scheduled for June 7 the European Union will send an observer mission in Lebanon The EU EOM will consist of some 90 observers and will be led by Mr José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Member of the European Parliament, who also led the previous EU EOM to Lebanon in 2005. This mission represents a further contribution by the European Commission to strengthening...
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patrickguillard | 04/27/2009
During the next legislative elections scheduled for June 7 the European Union will send an observer mission in Lebanon The EU EOM will consist of some 90 observers and will be led by Mr José Ignacio Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Member of the European Parliament, who also led the previous EU EOM to Lebanon in 2005. This mission represents a further contribution by the European Commission to strengthening...
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nadias | 02/21/2009
By Daily.pk The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli intelligence - Mossad - have infiltrated Muslim organizations like Hamas in Palestine, Hizbullah in Lebanon and the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) in Indonesia, says an Indonesian intelligence expert. “It is clear that the CIA and the Mossad have infiltrated such organizations and have done much more than [...] readmore