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Lebanon's Hariri set to form govt with Hezbollah

BEIRUT, (Reuters) - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said

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Alain Aoun says Bassil informed Hariri of agreement on portfolio distribution, opposition’s...

Change and Reform bloc MP Alain Aoun told AFP on Saturday that Telecommunications Minister Gebran Bassil met with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri on Saturday in downtown Beirut to inform him that his bloc agrees to the...

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Lebanese Armenian Painter Zohrap's Exhibition Opens

LEBANESE ARMENIAN PAINTER ZOHRAP'S EXHIBITION OPENS Noyan Tapan Nov 6, 2009 BEIRUT, NOVEMBER 6, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. A solemn opening ceremony of the 37th personal exhibition of Lebanese Armenian painter Zohrap's...

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Daily Star Political News: Lebanon surpasses Israel for press freedom

Daily Star staff Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Lebanon may have overtaken Israel in terms of Middle East press liberty, but a culture of censorship still weighs heavily on freedom of...

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Daily Star Political News: UN's Williams expresses unease of cabinet delays

Daily Star staff Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams on Friday held separate meetings with Speaker Nabih Berri and Prime Minister-designate...

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Daily Star Political News: Corruption rife 'in every level of society'

Transparency group highlights Lebanon’s institutional weaknesses that require reforms By Farah-Silvana Kanaan Special to The Daily Star Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Corruption has...

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Daily Star Political News: Lebanon-based Al-Qaeda official convicted of terror

Daily Star staff Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Al-Qaeda official in Lebanon Nabil Rhayem was sentenced to hard labor on Thursday along with three other suspects for committing terrorist...

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Daily Star Political News: Hizbullah criticizes Al-Alam embargo

By Agence France Presse (AFP) Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: Shiite party Hizbullah slammed Friday two Arab satellite providers for dropping a television channel from predominantly Shiite...

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Daily Star Political News: Berri: Israel arms-ship claims 'fabricated'

Compiled by Daily Star staff Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Friday that Israeli claims about an alleged arms ship sent from Iran to Hizbullah were fabricated...

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Daily Star Political News: Special Tribunal refines rules to enhance trial's efficiency, integrity

Daily Star staff Saturday, November 07, 2009 Listen to the Article - Powered by BEIRUT: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) charged with prosecuting those responsible for the February 2005 assassination of former Prime...

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