Lebanon

Professor Kevin Butcher

Personal Profile: I graduated from the University of Bristol in 1983, and subsequently went on to study for a Ph.D at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, in the field of Roman numismatics. My first book,...

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U.N. No. 2: Help fight climate change to avoid 'water war'

By DALAL SAOUD BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- U.N. Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said the Middle East is "in a challenging situation" and would need stability to achieve development, emphasizing the need to fight...

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House Resolution Designates Venezuela a State Sponsor of Terrorism

shames its northern neighbor. In addition, Washington -- serves the rich at the public's expense; -- tolerates corruption at the highest levels; -- subverts democracy through electoral fraud; -- has a closed, corrupted dominant...

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Terror suspects say they confessed after ISF torture

BEIRUT: Fourteen suspects denied having any contact with terrorist groups, during their questioning by the permanent Military Tribunal on Thursday, and claimed they were beaten by Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) during...

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Newly elected diaspora chief promises investment

BEIRUT: The president of the World Lebanese Cultural Union (WLCU) Eid Shadrawi arrived in Lebanon Thursday shortly after his election as the new president of the union, in Mexico. Shadrawi said his main objective was to promote...

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Politicians' squabbles lead to poisonous produce

BEIRUT: Toxic substances could be present in fruit and vegetables and Lebanon should revive the food-safety law of 2003, warned MP Atef Majdalani on Thursday. Majdalani issued a statement in which he voiced his concern that all...

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Taif supporters call for action on 20th anniversary

BEIRUT: The Gathering for Taif and the Constitution stressed the need to implement the Taif Accord in a statement it released on Thursday, for the occasion of the 20th anniversary of signing the agreement. The statement said...

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Two airlifted from crash

TURTLECREEK TWP. – Two people, including at least one woman, were airlifted by a medical helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton following a head-on collision in the 2300 block of Butler-Warren Road, according to Warren...

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Us, them & Obama-If only Barack Obama could walk in the footsteps of Kennedy and Reagan

This week marked the 30th anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the American Embassy in Teheran by followers of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. To celebrate the 444-day-long violation which came to personify the regime's...

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Marouni supports Berri’s announcement “to go on strike” if cabinet stalemate continues

Tourism Minister Elie Marouni told the Voice of Lebanon radio station on Friday that in case the cabinet-formation process reached a deadlock, he will support Speaker Nabih Berri’s announcement “to go on strikeâ€_ until the...

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