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Politics - Lebanon marks civil war outbreak teetering on new precipice
By Rima Abushakra
Decades after the outbreak of its civil war, Lebanon is teetering on the edge of a new conflict as a bitter political power struggle pits Muslim against Muslim and Christian against Christian.Full Story>> |
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Business - Lebanese increasingly feel inflation's pinch
By Rita DAOU
Nearly one million Lebanese, or 28.5 percent of the population, live on four dollars (2.55 euros) a day and with nearly eight percent having to survive on 2.40 dollars a day, the UNDP said in a February report. This implies that almost 300,000...Full Story>> |
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Arts & Culture - Brief History of Painting in Lebanon
By Abdallah Naaman
Sometimes, we tend to forget it, but the Lebanese culture is also important by its painting. In order to give it back its nobleness, we invite you to a journey thru the history of painting in Lebanon, from its awakening in the seventeenth century...Full Story>> |
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Entertainment - Beirut cafes: a relaxing sip of culture
By Olga Haddad
To sit in a Beirut café is one of the city’s urban pleasures. To let time pass while watching people come and go, to write a poem, to reading the newspaper, or quite simply to rest and take pleasure in the surroundings shrouded in the...Full Story>> |
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Business - The Fishermen’s Great Mess
By Marie-Anne Muller
There are 3,500 fishermen in Lebanon, including 650 who work in the old port of Tyr. Since the 34-day-war, their living condition is getting worse. They earn an average of 250 $ per month. A misery that pushes some of them to leave this port, go...Full Story>> |
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Politics - Lebanon's battle of the billboards
By Jocelyne Zablit
Images of political players - dead or alive - are omnipresent in Lebanon. They are plastered on bridges, electricity poles, cars and just about every standing structure in a battle of the billboards mirroring the deep political divide that has...Full Story>> |
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Social - Ciao chow: UN Italians delight handicapped Lebanese
By Rana Moussaoui
In Tyr, in a rehabilitation center for handicapped people, the UNIFIL is playing an unexpected role. Many solders from the Italian contingent come each Wednesday to teach the Pizza Art for young autistic, trisomic, and multi-handicapped people.Full Story>> |
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Business - Indian vet brings 'healing touch' to south Lebanon
By Hala Boncompagni
The ground is peppered with pellets of goat dung and the stench of manure fills the air as an Indian vet with a UN peacekeeping force tends to sick animals in south Lebanon.Full Story>> |
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Social - Lebanese women suffer under outdated laws
By Rana Moussaoui
Lebanese women may be known as the Arab world’s most liberal but they are by no means the region’s most liberated considering antiquated laws that reduce them to second-class citizens.Full Story>> |
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Environment - Sidon chokes under rubbish dump
By Rana Moussaoui
"Sidon’s mountain" bears no resemblance to the green mountains of Lebanon. It is rather an immense landfill that dumps its trash into the Mediterranean, polluting the coast of the ancient Phoenician port city. The dump is just a few...Full Story>> |
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