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Analysis Donations expected to arrive as Nahr al-Bared reconstruction begins

Analysis BEIRUT: Officials from a dozen donor organizations toured the war-battered Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp near Tripoli on Friday, with construction of new buildings slated to start in the coming days. Formation...

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Abu Jamra urges Aoun to return to bylaws

In an interview with An-Nahar newspaper published on Saturday, Free Patriotic Movement official and former Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abu Jamra reiterated his call for FPM leader MP Michel Aoun to return to the party’s...

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Baroud boycotts committee meeting over ISF, police row

By Elias Sakr Daily Star staff Saturday, November 21, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Another conflicting issue between the opposition and the majority emerged over the course of the week; however, this time...

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A loud grumble shakes the Aounist jungle

Issam Abu Jamra has publically voiced his discontent with Michel Aoun in what could be the beginning of the fight over the future of the Aounist movement, now that the general has lost all the major battles that had allowed him...

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Abboud: Hezbollah’s arms should not be addressed in Ministerial Statement

In an interview with Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Anbaa published on Friday, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said that “the Resistance’s weapons should not be addressed in the Ministerial Statement, and the March 14 alliance should...

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Hariri Names New Lebanese Government After Five-Month Vacuum

Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced the formation of a new Lebanese government late Monday following weeks of bickering and a five-month political vacuum since parliamentary elections. The breakthrough comes at a...

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Dead or alive? It’s time we know

Violette Nassif just learned that one of the bodies found in a mass grave belonged to her son, a young soldier when he died. After years of being given conflicting information by Lebanese authorities, she now has closure, but...

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Kiss the Independence Intifada goodbye

The death of the Independence Intifada of 2005 has been prematurely announced many times. The Syrians, who left Lebanon through the window after Rafik Hariri’s assassination only to re-enter by the front door in recent months,...

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Syrian daily Al-Watan confirms Jumblatt-Aoun Baabda meeting

Syrian newspaper Al-Watan reported on Thursday that President Michel Sleiman will sponsor numerous meetings at the Presidential Palace in Baabda – similar to the one held on Wednesday between Progressive Socialist Party...

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Abboud: Lebanon can’t negotiate with Israel if Hezbollah is to disarm

In an interview with LBCI television on Thursday, Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud said that “the Resistance is Lebanon’s treasure,â€_ and that Lebanon cannot negotiate with Israel if Hezbollah is to disarm. He added that Prime...

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