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Lebanese Issues - Bustling Beirut comes to mid-week standstill Beirut
By Rima Abushakra
The usually bustling streets of Beirut were almost deserted but tense on Wednesday as tyre-burning protesters blocked roads for a general strike in which economic and political woes collided.Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - 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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Lebanese Issues - 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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Lebanese Issues - Lebanese remember a premier, demand a president
By Rana Moussaoui
Three years after the assassination of Lebanese political icon Rafiq Hariri, hundreds of thousands of flag-waving government supporters flooded central Beirut on Thursday to pay tribute to the former premier.Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - Who is Michel Sleimane ?
By AFP, iloubnan.info
Lebanon’s army Chief Michel Sleimane has emerged as the frontrunner to fill the vacant seat of the presidency. The standoff between the Western-backed ruling majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition has left Lebanon without a president since...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - AUB Students’ Opinion Concerning Presidential Elections
By Sherif El Housseini
Nowadays, Lebanese presidential elections are of primary importance in the country. In this context, the leaders of major parties in the American University of Beirut gave their opinion to iloubnan concerning this issue. Each party held an opposing...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - The Lebanese Army: The Nation’s Center of Gravity
By Sherif El Housseini
It is common knowledge that the army in any given country represents the honor of the state and, of course, of the population as a whole. In moments of danger, the army should protect the nation giving sacrifices for the sake of national unity. In...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - The story of Fath al Islam
By Sherif El Housseini
Nowadays, Lebanon is suffering because of the recent clashes between the militant jihadist movement, Fath al Islam, and the Lebanese army. In the Northern part of the country, the Palestinian camp of Nahr al Bared is the main residence of the...Full Story>> |
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Lebanon and the World - The International Court is a Reality
By Tina Maalouf
On Wednesday the Security Council voted on a resolution approving the creation of a special international court to try suspects for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri by June 10 at the latest. The resolution was...Full Story>> |
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Lebanese Issues - The implantation of the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon
By Hadi Tawil
The fighting in Nahr al Bared between Lebanese army and Fatah al Islam are affecting a lot of civilian Palestinian refugees, who have to flee from their home – once again. About 400,000 Palestinian refugees are registered with the United...Full Story>> |
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