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Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (ayt1)
Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Military   Photos  
 Dawn 
Israel threatens to target all of Lebanon if Hezbollah takes over
| JERUSALEM, Aug 20: In any new war with the militant group Hezbollah all of Lebanon will be a target for Israel, including its civilian infrastructure, an Israeli minister said on Wednesday. | “The m... (photo: AP Photo / Vahid Salemi)
A destroyed vehicle is seen in front of a hotel hit by a car bomb in Bouira, 60 miles southeast of Algiers, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008.
Al Qaida   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   War  
 The Independent 
World Focus: Al-Qa'ida keeps its promise to be 'bone in crusaders' throats'
| Al-Qa'ida "in the Maghreb" strikes again. Forty three dead on Tuesday, another 11 yesterday. And across the Muslim world, it continues. A suicide bomber in Mersin in Turkey, 23 dead in a hospital co... (photo: AP / Ouahab Hebbat)
Lebanon prime minister visits Iraq  CNN 
Lebanon prime minister visits Iraq
From Mohammed Jamjoom and Mohammed Tawfeeq | CNN | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Lebanon's prime minister paid a visit to Iraq on Wednesday -- the first such visit by a Lebanese leader in the post-Saddam Hus... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny)
Baghdad   Iraq   Leader   Lebanon   Photos  
 Christian Iraqi girls walk past St. Peter and Paul´s Cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 18, 2004. Christians are a minority in Baghdad, and even as secular Iraqis worry about the growing tide of Islamic fundamentalism, so long repressed under  ISN 
Iraqi Christians: Round trip to Death Street
| Iraqi Christian refugees flee the horror of sectarian violence at home to struggle with life in Lebanon. | By Simon Roughneen in Lebanon for ISN Security Watch (20/08/08) | "My friend was stopped at... (photo: AP Photo)
Death   Iraqi   Photos   Refugees   Violence  
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 Lebanon´s Prime Minister Fuad Siniora listens to European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Javier Solana, unseen, during their meeting at the EU Council building in Brussels, Monday March 20, 2006.- agm1 Syracuse
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora visits Iraq
| BAGHDAD (AP) - Lebanon's prime minister traveled to Baghdad on Wednesday in only the third such visit by a top Arab leader since the U.S.-led invasion five and a half y... (photo: AP Photo/Thierry Charlier)
Arab   Iraq   Lebanon   Oil   Photos  
 Lebanese Hezbollah supporters shout anti-government slogans as they wave Lebanese flags during a demonstration to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Dec. 1, 2006. Thousands of protesters from H Daily Star Lebanon
Berri to convene Parliament to address economic concerns
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | BEIRUT: Speaker Nabih Berri said in comments published Tuesday that he will invite Parliament to convene next week to d... (photo: AP/Hussein Malla)
Economy   Lebanon   Photos   Politics   Society  
Rafik Hariri International Airport Daily Star Lebanon
Aridi calls for keeping political bickering away from Beirut's airport
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | BEIRUT: Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Aridi said on Tuesday that Rafik Hariri International Airport shou... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Airlines   Airport   Beirut   Photos   Politics  
 A Lebanese policeman, stands guard outside the Lebanese Parliament in downtown Beirut. Daily Star Lebanon
Politicians debate dialogue, security appointments
| By Nafez Qawas and Maher Zeineddine | Daily Star correspondent | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | BEIRUT: The country's top politicians engaged in tense debate on Tuesday o... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Defence   Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Politics  
 Hotel-suite-living-room / wam2 Daily Star Lebanon
Hotel occupancy rates in Beirut on steady recovery
| By The Daily Star | Wednesday, August 20, 2008 | BEIRUT: The benchmark survey of the Middle East hotel sector by Ernst & Young indicated that occupancy rate at hote... (photo: Public Domain)
Beirut   Economy   Hotel   Photos   Rates  
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- Lebanon vows to consolidate ties with Iraq
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon?
- Siniora visits Baghdad, calls on all Arab countries to embra
- GLC: Acceptable wage adjustment or general strike
- Lebanese calls for Arabs to embrace Iraq
- Arabs urged to embrace Iraq
Iraq to export oil to Lebanon
Iraq to export oil to Lebanon
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- Teen apology after 'Beirut' party
- Israel threatens to target all of Lebanon if Hezbollah takes
- Hizbullah 'botched' bid to win over Sunnis
- The UN readies a 'grand deal' over Kirkuk
- Hariri launches bold bid to improve education
- Indonesian troops celebrate independence
Lebanese Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (ayt1)
Israel threatens to target all of Lebanon if Hezbollah takes over
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Education & Internet Entertainment & Arts
- ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinians return to school despite hardships
- China hopes to attract more US college students
- 43 killed in suicide attack on Algerian police s
- Quality education at Islamic college
- Hariri launches bold bid to improve education
- Treasurer search begins Lebanon City Schools will begin thei
Palestinian children attend classes at a United Nations school in the Shati refugee camp
ISRAEL-OPT: Palestinians return to school despite hardships
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- Actress banned from leaving Iran
- Iran bans star from Hollywood
- Religion: Iran bars spy film actor from travelling abroad
- Lebanese Film Festival promises to puncture August heat
- On Television: 'All My Children' looking to cast Ira
- Actress banned from Hollywood
Director Ridley Scott
Actress banned from Hollywood
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Sport Health & Medicine
- Golf course chase leads to six charges
- High Risk, Low Money Puts Musasa Off Israel
- Box jellyfish found on N.C. beaches
- Iraq League: Al Zawra Secure Place In Final
- Paraguay Held By Saudi Arabia
- Frida Ghitis: Olympic spirit?: Iran refuses to compete with
Ramazan Sahin
Turkey's Sahin wins wrestling gold at 66 kg
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- Health care no longer primary ailment; Economy, price of gas
- Sudan Pres. Denies Darfur Genocide
- Musharraf's resignation boosts worries over Pakistan'
- Students warned over US courses
- Afghan women jailed for being rape victims
- Illegal aliens may fear to seek care
 The streets of Kunduz -- Afghan women shop in Kunduz, Afghanistan
The Afghan women jailed for being victims of rape
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Society & Culture Terrorism
- Ras Beirut: model of coexistence for all of Lebanon?
- Lebanese Film Festival promises to puncture August heat
- The battle of the two Michels has begun
- Palestine's national poet
- Darwish was an eloquent witness of exile
- Civil group empowers women to better their communities
 Al Jazeera  Channel - A Qatari employee of Al Jazeera Arabic language TV news channel passes by the logo of Al Jazeera in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday Nov. 1, 2006. The English language offshoot of Qatar based pan-Arab television news channel Al Jazeera said o
Why Al Jazeera Owes an Apology
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- Al Qaeda keeps its promise to be ‘bone in crusaders’ throats
- Terror propaganda takes hit in Iraq
- Absent the state, watch new pacts arise
- Politicians debate dialogue, security appointments
- In the shadows of the war on terror
- Salafism: a small movement making big waves in Lebanon
 A Lebanese policeman, stands guard outside the Lebanese Parliament in downtown Beirut.
Politicians debate dialogue, security appointments
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