Archive for the 'Lebanon' Category
Lebanon Considers Reforming Women Citizenship Law
Beirut, Lebanon (TML) – Members of the Lebanese parliament have set up a committee to oversee preparations for potential reforms to the country’s citizenship law that will allow women to pass Lebanese citizenship to their husbands and children. Under …
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Lebanon, at peace, braces for war
The Middle East has no shortage of conflicts to worry the rest of the world: the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, the nuclear ambitions of Iran, the stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians. And now, add an old trouble spot to that list: Lebanon …
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UN tribunal ‘getting closer’ to Hariri bomber ID
THE HAGUE (AFP) ‘“ UN officials investigating the murder five years ago of Lebanon’s former premier Rafiq Hariri said Saturday they were getting closer to identifying the suicide bomber who carried out the attack. Antonio Cassese , head of the UN …
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Lebanon ousts North Montgomery
DANVILLE — Poor ball handling, with help from Lebanon’s defensive pressure, spelled doom for North Montgomery Friday night in a 69-47 loss at the Class 3A Danville Sectional. The Chargers made 24 turnovers, including 10 in the third quarter. Lebanon …
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UPDATE: Ohio jury convicts doctor in wife’s cyanide death
Essa was an emergency room doctor in Akron and fled to Lebanon after his wife’s death. He gave up an extradition fight and was returned from Cyprus to Ohio last year.
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Worker killed, another injured by old Lebanon ordnance
A member of Lebanese security forces and a search dog inspect the site of a bomb blast in Beirut. A Syrian construction worker was killed and another injured when a bomb likely left over from Lebanon’s 1975-1990 civil war exploded. AFP – A Syrian …
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Lebanon lagging behind on animal rights
BEIRUT: Lebanon must catch up with neighboring states and enact animal rights legislation, a local animal welfare organization said this week. ‘Gandhi once said that a nation’s greatness is measured by the way it treats its animals,’ said Lana …
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Exiled and suffering: Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women “All 12 official refugee camps in [Lebanon] suffer from serious problems – no proper infrastructure, overcrowding, poverty and unemployment. [Lebanon] has the highest …
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Mt. Lebanon bedevils USC once again
The latest and biggest of this season’s three games between Mt. Lebanon and Upper St. Clair ended up just like the first two. Paul Lang scored a game-high 16 points and Evan Pierce had 12, leading No. 1 seed Mt. Lebanon to a 51-42 victory over No. 12 …
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Lebanon posts highest growth rate in 2009 tourist arrivals
BEIRUT: Preliminary figures issued by the UN World Tourism Organization indicate that Lebanon posted the highest growth rate in tourist arrivals in the world during 2009 with a 39 percent increase from the previous year, as reported by Lebanon This …
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