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New Lebanese prime minister tapped amid regional strife
BEIRUT -- Lebanon’s political blocs united behind a compromise choice for prime minister Saturday, two weeks after his predecessor quit office under the cloud of the civil war in neighboring Syria. Tammam Salam, endorsed nearly unanimously by the...
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Clashes in Beirut follow funeral for slain police official
World NowA politically charged funeral for a slain police intelligence chief devolved into clashes in the heart of the Lebanese capital as an angry group of mourners tried to storm the prime minister’s office but were pushed back by troops.... -
Lebanese army warns against violence amid tensions
World NowThe Lebanese army moved Monday to quell unrest following an outbreak of clashes in the aftermath of the politically charged funeral of a police official assassinated in a car bomb attack. The army vowed to use “decisive measures’ to insure... -
Lebanese PM won't resign after assassination of intelligence chief
World NowBEIRUT –- Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said he would not resign Saturday, a day after a car bomb killed the country’s intelligence chief and raised fears that Syria’s conflict was spilling into Lebanon. Mikati in a televised news... -
Case of abducted Lebanese Shiites in Syria shrouded in uncertainty
World NowBEIRUT — Uncertainty still surrounds the fate of 11 Shiite Muslim pilgrims from Lebanon abducted in northern Syria almost a week ago. Late last week, Lebanese officials announced that the group had been released, had arrived safely in Turkey and... -
Anthony Shadid dies at 43; New York Times foreign correspondent
Reporting from New York -- Anthony Shadid, a journalist who gave voice to those muffled by the turmoil around them — from Iraqi families enveloped in civil war to young Libyans spurred to take up arms against a dictator — died while doing just...Tags: Newspapers, Democratic Party, Ankara (Turkey), Newspaper and Magazine, Journalism
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Lebanese pilgrims abducted in Syria freed, officials say
World NowA group of Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted in northern Syria earlier this week were freed Friday and arrived in Turkey on their way back to Beirut, according to officials....
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