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Pity the nation: My friends and my road-fellows, pity the nation that is full of beliefs and empty of religion....text/html2008-05-09T10:49:15+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comShiite Militias Seize Beirut Neighborhoods
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Heavily armed Hezbollah fighters seized control of large parts of western Beirut on Friday, patrolling the deserted streets in a...text/html2008-05-09T04:49:16+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comLebanon teeters on brink of civil war
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Hezbollah-led opposition fighters seized control of pro-government strongholds in Beirut on Friday as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a...text/html2008-05-09T04:32:05+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comHezbollah takes over west Beirut
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The crisis is said to be a major blow to the pro-Western government.Gunmen from the Shia militant group Hezbollah have...text/html2008-05-09T04:27:42+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comViolence escalates between Sunni and Shia in Beirut
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Clashes between Shia supporters of Hizbullah and Sunni backers of the Lebanese government intensified today, turning some neighbourhoods of...text/html2008-05-09T04:18:28+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comViolence rekindles fears of Lebanese civil war
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Two killed, eight wounded in clashes between Sunnis, Hezbollah Shiite Hezbollah supporters and the Lebanese government’s Sunni backers clashed with...text/html2008-02-29T02:30:53+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.com U.S. Navy ships move closer to Lebanon
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The U.S. Navy has moved the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole and other ships to the eastern Mediterranean Sea off...text/html2008-02-16T17:51:24+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comArmy ends riots in Beirut after 14 hurt
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Lebanese soldiers deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite streets of Beirut on Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least...text/html2008-02-14T06:33:09+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comThousands gather for rival memorials in Lebanon
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Tens of thousands of pro-government supporters converged on central Beirut on Thursday for the third anniversary of ex-premier Rafiq...text/html2008-02-10T23:53:56+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comLebanon politicians escalating towards war
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Jumblat Warns Hizbullah: Let it Be War and We Will Seize your Rocketstext/html2008-02-08T05:14:55+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.com Opposition, Majority Meet under Moussa Supervision
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Meeting underway between Moussa, Hariri, Gemayel and Aoun in the Lebanese Parliament. Moussa who arrived yesterday in Beirut, met earlier...text/html2008-01-27T09:20:55+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comRiots and clashes in the Streets of Beirut
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(more images Inside)> 11:07 pm Premier Fouad Saniora declared Monday a day of national mourning and ordered schools and...text/html2008-01-25T01:52:04+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comBeirut bomb kills top policeman
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Explosion in Chevrolet NeighborhoodA powerful bomb has killed a senior Lebanese police intelligence officer and three others in east Beirut.Capt...text/html2008-01-17T08:17:17+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comOpposition, Majority Meet for First Time in 3 Months under Moussa Supervision
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Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said after a four-hour meeting between the warring political camps that the Arab plan...text/html2008-01-15T00:00:00+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comAttack on US vehicle in Beirut kills 4
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An explosion targeted a U.S. Embassy vehicle Tuesday in northern Beirut, killing four Lebanese and injuring a local embassy...text/html2008-01-10T09:10:49+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comMoussa Holds Second Day of Talks with Lebanese Leaders
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Arab League chief Amr Moussa held Thursday a second day of talks with Lebanese leaders and said he will...text/html2008-01-08T11:46:15+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comBomb strikes UN patrol in Lebanon
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A roadside bomb has hit a UN peacekeeping patrol south of the Lebanese capital of Beirut, security officials have...text/html2008-01-08T06:20:38+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comRockets fired at Israel from Lebanon
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Two rockets were fired from Lebanon into northern Israel on Tuesday, causing damage but no casualties, Israeli police...text/html2008-01-06T00:16:14+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comArab League Appeals for 'Immediate' Election of Suleiman
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Arab League foreign ministers on Saturday welcomed the consensus around army commander Gen. Michel Suleiman as a candidate for...text/html2007-12-27T00:00:00+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comIsrael: Cluster bomb use legal
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Israeli military says cluster bomb use during the Lebanon war has been legal and no charges should be filed against...text/html2007-12-11T23:35:11+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comAt least five dead in blast near Beirut: sources
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Brig. Gen. Francois Hajj, director of operations for the Lebanese Army and Candidate to replace Suleiman as Army Chief, was...text/html2007-12-03T02:10:50+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comMarch 14 group backs army chief for president
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Lebanon's governing coalition announced on Sunday that it would accept army chief General Michel Sleiman as a compromise candidate...text/html2007-11-30T16:14:45+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comDecision could break political deadlock in Lebanon
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Gen. Michel Sleiman is chief of Lebanon's army. Making him president would require a change to the constitution.Lebanese Christian...text/html2007-11-28T05:29:56+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comHariri proposes, Geagea disposes
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Sa'ad Hariri fears for his numerous investments in Lebanon. Economically speaking and politics aside, too much is at stake...text/html2007-11-27T16:57:23+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comUS Ambassador Feltman on the Presidential Vacancy
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Seth Colter Walls - Washington's ambassador to Lebanon explains why the country needs to...text/html2007-11-27T00:00:00+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comSyria's role at U.S. talks may help Lebanon
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Syria's controversial presence at Tuesday's Middle East peace talks in Annapolis may boost stability in Lebanon, which is...text/html2007-11-26T14:39:45+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comHistory repeats itself as Lebanon returns to power vacuum reminiscent of final years of Civil War
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Lebanon on Saturday was left without a president and plunged into a power vacuum in a bleak reminder of the...text/html2007-11-23T14:23:24+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comLebanese president calls in army after vote fails
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud ordered the army to take charge of security on Friday after political rivalry blocked the election...text/html2007-11-23T06:11:00+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comAnother day, another delay in Lebanon vote
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Lebanon's turmoil worsened on Friday with rival political camps failing to find a consensus that would allow parliament to choose...text/html2007-11-23T06:08:00+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comMarch 14: No to Aoun's Proposal and For Presidential Elections on Friday
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Leaders of the March 14 majority alliance urged MP's to take part in a parliamentary session scheduled for Friday...text/html2007-11-22T12:29:13+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comGeneral Michel Aoun’s initiative to solve the Lebanon crisis
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General Michel Aoun proposes a last minute solution based on a proposal that will end at 22.00 Friday, 23 Nov....text/html2007-11-22T08:54:19+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comStill no deal on Lebanese president as time runs short
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Rival leaders hold 11th-hour talks in effort to prevent vacuum in top postAgreement on a new president remained elusive on...text/html2007-11-20T13:42:02+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comBerri Adjourns the Presidential Elections' Session till Friday
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A planned Lebanese parliament session to elect a president was postponed on Tuesday by two more days as intense...text/html2007-11-19T16:42:16+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comKouchner chides Lebanese politicians for failure to reach consensus
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Envoy warns france 'will tell the world' who is blocking accordFrench Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner warned Lebanon's deadlocked political...text/html2007-11-17T12:06:55+01:00http://www.lebanon-today.comWar of Lists Began Soon After Sfeir Submitted Candidate Names
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Speculation over the names of Presidential candidates reached fever pitch soon after Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir submitted his list...