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Social - UN soldier trades her blue beret for a veil
By Ali Dia
Sylvia Monika Wyszomirska is a Catholic from Poland, but in an effort to integrate better into south Lebanon's conservative society she has traded her UN peacekeeper's beret for a headscarf during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.Full Story>> |
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Business - Back to school with steep bills
By Virginie Vilar
Salary stagnation, inflation : the purchasing power of the Lebanese is in free fall. In this harsh economic situation, the start of a new school year is often a financial burden for parents, because, unlike other expenditures, school stationery...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Sunni and Shiite communities expecting Sarkozy’s visit to Damascus
By Virginie Vilar
Nicolas Sarkozy began on Wednesday a two-day visit in Damascus to meet Syrian President Bachar el Assad. It is the first time after three years that a French president visits Syria. In 2005, after the assassination of Rafic Hariri, Jacques Chirac...Full Story>> |
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Social - In Lebanon, deminers hang up their detectors as funds dry up
By Rima Abushakra
Since the end of the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah, 27 civilians and 13 deminers have been killed in southern Lebanon as a result of cluster bombs and unexploded ordnance. With funds drying up for the demining operations under way, the UN...Full Story>> |
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Business - On the streets of Beirut, the political situation fired up the “On Sale” banners
By Sarah Hourany
Doha Agreement, election of a new president, formation of a national unity government: for Lebanon, those facts result in the improvement of the local economy, which benefits from the comeback of the stability, whether durable or not. While the...Full Story>> |
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Entertainment - « Nour » makes the Arab world dream
By Rana Moussaoui
All we do is talk about them : Nour and Mohannad are the stars of the Turkish series dubbed into Arabic: “Nour”, which has been enchanting millions of people in Lebanon and in the Arab world. In Beirut, Alger, Ramallah, Jeddah, there are...Full Story>> |
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Entertainment - Beirut spends its nights high in the sky
By Virginie Vilar
Two years after the political crisis and the on and off violence, Lebanon is finally having a quiet period. This summer, the Lebanese parties are welcoming back their glory and the nightclubs are storming again. Two nightclubs became in the past two...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Hezbollah pays grim tribute to 2006 war with Israel
By Mahmoud Zayyat
In Nabatiyeh, Hezbollah holds a big exhibition to point out the great armed actions of the party of God, and especially to celebrate its divine victory against Israel in the war of Summer 2006. The event also pays tribute to Imad Mughnieh, a top...Full Story>> |
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Tourism - Off the Beaten Path : Nature’s Secret Destinations
By Jasmina Najjar
Lebanon has long been known for its diverse array of tourist attractions. With a wealth of historical artefacts and archaeological sites (such as Baalbeck , Beiteddine, Byblos etc.), beautiful sunshine, welcoming beaches, breathtaking ski slopes and...Full Story>> |
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Social - The harrowing despair of the victim’s relatives
By Omar IBRAHIM
On Wednesday morning, nine soldiers were killed in a blast near a bus in Tripoli. Five other persons, including a child, perished in the attack. The child was polishing shoes when the attack occurred. Almost forty people were injured, and around...Full Story>> |
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