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Libyan Envoy Says UN Must Enact No-Fly Zone Immediately

By Betwa SharmaMar 16th 2011 – 11:20PM
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UNITED NATIONS -- Ibrahim Dabbashi, Libya's deputy envoy to the U.N. who has turned against Moammar Gadhafi, said Wednesday the U.N. Security Council had 10 hours to pass a resolution imposing a no-fly zone in Libya and possibly authorizing airstrikes. "We think Col. Gadhafi today has lost his mind," Dabbashi told...

Supporters Push for Libya No-Fly Zone Resolution at UN

Mar 16th 2011 – 9:35AM
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AP

UNITED NATIONS -- Security Council supporters of a no-fly zone over Libya were working Wednesday to persuade the group's more reluctant members to back a U.N. resolution aimed at stopping Moammar Gadhafi's planes from bombing civilians. While Russia and Germany were expressing doubts, France was pushing for rapid action...

Carlos Slim: 5 Facts on the Billionaire Atop the Forbes 400 List

By Mary Phillips-SandyMar 9th 2011 – 5:24PM

Recession woes? Diminished savings? Behind on bills? These aren't words that resonate for Carlos Slim, the Mexican billionaire who just topped a 2011 Forbes list of the world's wealthiest people. As WalletPop reports, Slim is now worth a whopping $74 billion, placing him well ahead of No. 2 Bill Gates ($56 billion) and...

Gadhafi's Grip on Military and Media Gives Cover to Atrocities

By Andrew BossoneFeb 25th 2011 – 3:15PM
Hussein Malla, AP

Hussein Malla, AP

ANALYSIS Moammar Gadhafi's totalitarian control over the military and media has made Libya's revolution the most violent so far in a region beset by uprisings. Hussein Malla, AP Libyan citizens stand over a destroyed tank at Al-Katiba military base after it fell to anti-regime protesters. Until the protests...

EU Ministers Call for End to Libya Bloodshed

Feb 20th 2011 – 4:36PM

BRUSSELS -- The European Union on Sunday denounced strongly the Libyan governments' bloody crackdown against pro-democracy protesters and urged an end to the violence in which over 170 people are reported to have died. "We condemn the repression against peaceful demonstrators and deplore the violence and the death of...

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Beirut Burns as Lebanon's Violent Habits Die Hard

May 29th 2012 - 11:44AM

The context in which the recent deadly clashes in Beirut and Tripoli has been presented is that of the inevitable result of Syria's ongoing crisis infecting neighboring Lebanon.

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Lebanese Hostages In Syria Could Spark Tensions

May 29th 2012 - 07:22AM

The mysterious case of 11 Lebanese Shiites who were taken hostage in Syria last week is raising fears of renewed street battles in Beirut as Lebanon increasingly gets drawn into the swirling chaos next door.

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Lebanon Standoff: Beirut Battle From Alleged Domestic Dispute Leaves 2 Dead

May 24th 2012 - 09:24AM

An explosive, eight-hour shootout in west Beirut that apparently erupted after a domestic dispute killed at least two people early Thursday, including a gunman who was firing machine guns and lobbing grenades from his balcony.

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Claude Salhani: Good Guys and Bad Guys in Lebanon

May 23rd 2012 - 05:41PM

It is still not evident if the fighting that erupted in Lebanon Sunday night comes as a result of the ongoing violence in neighboring Syria.

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Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon

By The Huffington Post News Editors May 14th 2012 - 02:00PM

Firing assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades, Lebanese gunmen clashed in street battles Monday as sectarian tensions linked to the 14-month-old uprising in Syria bled across the border for a third day.

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  • 06/01/12 Lebanese action film takes on Israel-Hezbollah war Source: The Washington Times - Washington DC The villain in Lebanon 's new hit war movie: a cigar-smoking Israeli army colonel who sports a cowboy hat and a handlebar mustache and repeatedly orders troops to shell Lebanese villages.
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Background on Lebanon

Lebanon ( or ; or , Lebanese Arabic: ), officially the Lebanese Republic ( , Lebanese Arabic: ), is a country in the East Mediterranean.

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