Potential revenue from oil and gas deposits off Lebanon’s coast is being offered as a salve for the country’s many problems.
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IHT Special : Lebanon Pins Economic Hopes on Oil and Gas
Potential revenue from oil and gas deposits off Lebanon’s coast is being offered as a salve for the country’s many problems.
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IHT Special : Lebanon Pins Economic Hopes on Oil and Gas
Potential revenue from oil and gas deposits off Lebanon’s coast is being offered as a salve for the country’s many problems.
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Hezbollah-backed Lebanese Shiites fight in Syria
AL QASR, Lebanon (AP) — Masked men in camouflage toting Kalashnikov rifles fan out through a dusty olive grove, part of a group of Hezbollah-backed fighters from Lebanon who are patrolling both sides of a porous border stretch with Syria.
Wife of deputy shot and killed in Wilson County accident – The Tennessean
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Wife of deputy shot and killed in Wilson County accident
The Tennessean The wife of a Wilson County Sheriff's Office deputy was shot to death Saturday at their Lebanon home by a 3-year-old who gained access to a gun at a family cookout, police said. Josephine G. Fanning, 48, was pronounced dead at the home at 6710 S.E. … Deputy's wife killed when gun goes off in hands of 4-year-old Authorities: 4-year-old picks up Tenn. deputy's gun from a bed, fatally shoots … Woman killed by 4-year-old in Tennessee cookout |
Lebanon names UK-educated lawmaker prime minister
BEIRUT (AP) — A British-educated lawmaker from a prominent political family was named Lebanon's new prime minister Saturday, and vowed to work toward ending divisions in the nation and preventing the civil war in neighboring Syria from spilling over into the country.
Tamam Salam Asked to Form a Government in Lebanon
Tammam Salam was officially named the new prime minister of Lebanon on Saturday after receiving a string of endorsements from the country’s warring factions over the past few days.
Militants in Lebanon aim new attacks at Syrian fuel supplies
BEIRUT — Fuel trucks headed to Syria have repeatedly come under attack in Lebanon in recent weeks, as Lebanese gunmen sympathetic to Syria’s rebels try to stanch the government’s access to imported supplies.
Israel’s Prisoner X Said to Have Exposed Spies
Two news organizations have reported that the man, Ben Zygier, unintentionally revealed the identities of two top spies for Israel in Lebanon to a man known to be close to Hezbollah.
Lebanese Prime Minister Resigns as Sectarian Tensions Rise
Najib Mikati resigned on Friday and called for a unity government to rescue Lebanon from deepening divisions over the war in Syria, which threatens to spill over the border.