Baalbek

Opening the doors to state legitimacy

By The Daily Star Friday, November 20, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Editorial The leaders of Hizbullah and Amal have endorsed a seemingly non-monolithic step: inviting the police and security forces to take action in...

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Baalbek clashes leave two people injured

Daily Star staff Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Two people were hurt when armed clashes broke out Tuesday between the Jaafar and Wehbe clans in Baalbek’s Sharawneh neighborhood,...

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Sleiman urges government to implement reforms

BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman called on Saturday for the newly formed Cabinet to implement administrative reforms as he stressed the need to establish administrative decentralization in order to modernize the Lebanese...

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Literary representations of Lebanon gathered together in book form

BEIRUT: We all know about the armies that tussled over Lebanon through the centuries; a new anthology shows that as many writers have tried to capture the country in words. “Lebanon: Through Writers’ Eyes,” compiled by...

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Several people injured in hunting accidents

Daily Star staff Tuesday, November 10, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Half a dozen people were injured over the weekend in hunting accidents, security sources said Monday. The injuries, caused by the discharge...

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Security forces round up 16 people for various crimes

BEIRUT: Security personnel rounded up 16 people over the weekend for various crimes, security sources said. Two Leba nese were arrested in Baalbek Friday for fraud and impersonating members of political parties to collect money...

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No State Sponsors, No Terror

“All warfare is based on deception.” — The Art of War, by Sun Tzu, Chinese General, military strategist (sixth century B.C.). It was late in the evening of February 12, 2008 when the bearded, pudgy, middle-aged man left a...

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Suspect evades pursuit after clashes with LAF

Daily Star staff Saturday, October 31, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: A wanted suspect escaped a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) patrol on Thursday and dumped the body of another suspect after exchanging gunshots...

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Lebanese Army raids home in Bekaa, one suspect killed, another one injured

The Lebanese Army Command- Directorate of Orientation issued a statement on Thursday saying that while its troop raided the house of fugitive Ali Mohammad al-Masri –accused of killing soldiers in Riak—in the Bekaa village...

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UNDP kiosk project looks to boost Baalbeck economy

By Nathanael Massey Special to The Daily Star Thursday, October 29, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BAALBECK: The giant columns that rise against the Baalbeck skyline serve as a timeless reminder of worlds long past....

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