Lebanon

A community portal about Lebanon with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Lebanon, officially the Lebanese Republic, is a small, largely mountainous country in the Middle East, located at the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon is bordered by Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south. The flag of Lebanon features the Lebanon Cedar in green against a white backdrop, with two horizontal red stripes on the top and bottom. Due to its sectarian diversity, Lebanon follows a special political system, known as confessionalism, meant to distribute power as evenly as possible among different sects.

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Palestinian militant dies in Lebanon

The leader of a small Sunni Islamist group has died from wounds suffered in a gunbattle with members of the Fatah faction at a Palestinian refugee camp in south Lebanon, camp officials said yesterday.

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Syrian FM in lebanon for talks on relations

BEIRUT, Lebanon : Syria's foreign minister has arrived for talks with President Michel Suleiman on the strained relations between the two neighboring countries.

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Syrian FM says Damascus is determined to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon

Syria's foreign minister said Monday his country was determined to establish diplomatic relations with Lebanon for the first time since the two neighbors gained independence from France more than 60 years ago.

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Here's vote for "Pa. Taxpayers' Arena"

Regarding the recent decision by the Lebanon Valley Expo Corporation to name its new facility the "Senator Brightbill Arena," I have one question: Given the fact that not one dime of the money used by the Expo ...

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Lebanese factions clash in north for second day

Rival sectarian factions clashed in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli on Saturday for a second consecutive day and medical sources said the death toll from the fighting rose to eight.

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4-H chef contest heats up

By Daneul Summers For the Lebanon Reporter This year at the Boone County 4-H Fair the grills were fired up once again for the Fourth Annual Outdoor Chef Competition.

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GREEK STANCE: It has been generally observed that the situation in the region of the Near East bordering on Greece is extremely tense, following the landing of American forces in Lebanon.

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Hezbollah gunmen kidnapped vacationers in Sannine

Beirut- Phalange Party leader and Lebanon's former president Amin Gemayel said hooded gunmen have kidnapped an undisclosed number of people who were vacationing in the Sannine Mountain range and released them ...

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