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Libyan Envoy Says UN Must Enact No-Fly Zone Immediately

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Tripoli Is Just the Beginning

The conventional explanation given by opponents of NATO or UN intervention in Syria is that such an intervention will precipitate a civil war in Syria, a shallow explanation given the fact that there is already a civil war there which is claiming tens of lives every day despite the "cease fire" (what a sad joke), and the...

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06/03/12 Thousands Without Power in York and Lebanon Source: FOX - WPMT 43 - York PA Strong storms swept through the mid-state this evening leaving thousands without power.
06/03/12 Lebanon 0-1 Qatar: Second-half Soria strike sinks Ce... Source: Maktoob Business - UAE Qatar ran out fortunate 1-0 winners at Camille Chamoun Stadium with the game's lone goal coming from Sebastian Soria capitalszing on a poor pass back from the Lebanese defense in Sunday's opening final round 2014 World Cup qualifier.
06/03/12 Robert Fisk: Mubarak has fallen. Assad clings on. Yet... Source: The Independent - London - UK Ahmed Shafik, the Mubarak loyalist, has the support of the Christian Copts, and Assad has the support of the Syrian Christians.
06/03/12 Iran, Qatar snatch wins, Japanese joy Source: SuperSport Japan showed why they are Asian champions by kicking off what they hope will be their final round of World Cup qualifiers with a comprehensive win over Oman, while Iran rode their luck to pinch victory in Uzbekistan.
06/03/12 Lebanese Troops Deploy to Tripoli After 15 Killed in... Source: Antiwar.com Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati held a meeting at his home in Tripoli with top military officials, ordering "decisive measures" to be taken to end the fighting , which is flaring up as a result of the incipient civil war in neighboring Syria.