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NGO’s Activities - 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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Society - 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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Human Rights - Child abuse - time to end the violence and neglect
By Lea Fares
According to those who work with abuse victims, baby battering and child abuse are problems that are often hushed up. Let’s try to understand this problem which has a direct impact on the entire community and not just the individuals directly...Full Story>> |
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NGO’s Activities - Relief groups sound alarm over homeless after Lebanon clashes
By Omar IBRAHIM
Relief groups and officials sounded the alarm on Thursday over the fate of thousands of people made homeless by sectarian fighting in poverty-stricken areas of the north Lebanese port city. Officials estimate that some 20,000 people were affected by...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanese youth and nocturnal jobs
By Pascale Youssef
For some time now, many of the Lebanese youth have been working in the hospitality business throughout the night and pursuing their university studies or other employment during the day. However, how does this nightshift arrangement affect their...Full Story>> |
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Society - Villages prepare for return of prisoners from Israeli prisons
By Jihad SEQLAOUI
Villages in south Lebanon have prepared a hero's welcome for local men captured two years ago and the bodies of Hezbollah fighters due to return home under a prisoner swap with Israel. The prisoner swap also covers the release of the last of the...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanon village still scarred by Israeli onslaught
By Jihad SEQLAOUI
Hebrew graffiti still marks the battle-scarred buildings in southern Lebanon's Marun ar-Ras village, as locals struggle to rebuild their homes two years after the war with Israel.Full Story>> |
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Women - Desperate, alone and pregnant: why so many turn to abortion
By Lea Fares
Abortion is illegal in Lebanon and permitted only when the baby poses a threat to the mother's health. But like the use of outlawed narcotics, illegal abortions still take place and are not as uncommon as one might think in such a conservative...Full Story>> |
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Society - Vacation Workbooks: the Pros and Cons
By Élodie Morel Lebbos
Chronicler Nada Chaoul brilliantly describes this issue in her short story entitled "Intelligent Vacations", an excerpt of which is presented hereinafter: "The most important thing about vacation homework was to begin them early, as...Full Story>> |
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Society - Lebanese feast on 'buns and guns' in Hezbollah fiefdom
By Rana Moussaoui
Behind a barricade of sandbags, Ali devours a "Magnum 357" as his friend Hussein tucks into a giant "B52". Welcome to "Buns and Guns" restaurant in the heartland of south Beirut controlled by Hezbollah. Lebanon's...Full Story>> |
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