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3 hrs ago | New Hampshire Public Radio -

Syrian Troops Target Key Rebel-Held Town

Syrians inspect Saturday the rubble of buildings damaged by government airstrikes in Qusair, Syria.

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5 hrs ago | AlertNet

One killed in northern Lebanese city of Tripoli

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5 hrs ago | ABC News

Lebanon's radical chic

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Lebanon's war-ravaged capital has long been heralded by Western visitors as one of the most secular stopovers in the Middle East.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Lebanon Travel, Travel, Middle East Travel,

8 hrs ago | Groong

Book Review: 'Bone Ash Sky'- Harrowing stories from a broken world

Weekend Australian May 18, 2013 Saturday 5 - All-round Review Edition Harrowing stories from a broken world Review by Peter Pierce Bone Ash Sky By Katerina Cosgrove Hardie Grant, 465pp, $29.95 KATERINA Cosgrove's first novel, The Glass Heart, was published as long ago as 2000.

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12 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Lebanese artist Nahas goes graphic on air

Many Lebanese artists have tackled the violence and horror of the country's Civil War in their work.

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15 hrs ago | Al Bawaba

Summer's music scene is sizzlin' with the Dum Tak...

Dum Tak Alternative Arab Music Festival will host some of the biggest independent musicians from all over the Arab world - including several from Egypt - between 28 May and 1 June in the Jordanian capital city Amman.

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16 hrs ago | National Public Radio

How The Syria Debate Is Playing Out In The Middle East

Host Rachel Martin talks with Ramez Maluf, professor of journalism at Lebanese American University in Beirut, about different views in Arab media on the Syrian conflict.

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Sat May 18, 2013

Seattle Times

President Assad suggests peace talks are unlikely to succeed

Syrian President Bashar Assad, seen, during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, unseen, at the presidency in Tehran, Iran.

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Sunday Mail

Gunmen seize father of Syrian minister

GUNMEN have abducted the elderly father of Syria's deputy foreign minister, his office and a Lebanese TV station say.

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The Marion Star

Syrian rebel leader: U.S. will act if conflict widens

George Sabra speaks during a meeting on the situation in Syria, in Ankara, Turkey, on March 21.

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Hollywood Reporter

Cannes: Arab Film Power Players Partner on Road Movie 'A to B'

A group of pioneering Arab filmmakers have come together to shoot a road movie in the Middle East that they hope will also draw audiences and make an impact outside the region.

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Related Topix: United Arab Emirates, Middle East, World News,

Fri May 17, 2013

The Miami Herald

Cyprus drops limits on 8 more foreign banks

Cyprus on Friday got rid of limits on money transfers and withdrawals for international clients of another eight foreign banks doing business in the debt-laden country.

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Connecticut Post

Syria ex-minister leads rebuilding plan

In this picture taken on Friday May 10, 2013, Syrian economist Abdullah al-Dardari, a chief economist at the Beirut-based U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and a former deputy prime minister in President Bashar Assad's government, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press, In Beirut, Lebanon.

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Thu May 16, 2013

Voice of America

Syrian Strife Spilling Over, Infecting Region

The conflict in Syria is taking a steep toll on its neighbors. Videos from Syria being posted to the Internet show a now-familiar theme - a country ripping itself apart - neither side willing to give in.

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Connecticut Post

Syrian troops flush out rebels from prison

This Tuesday, May 14, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Aleppo Media Center AMC which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows the mother of a Syrian rebel cleaning a rifle, in Aleppo, Syria.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Prison, Journalism, Activism,

AME Info

Burger King Lebanon follows strong expansion

An exciting business year for Burger King Lebanon marked with an upbeat expansion plan in 2013; saw the prominent brand getting bigger everywhere in the country despite the volatile economic situation.

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Jerusalem Post

State indicts man who jumped fence into Lebanon

The Haifa District Attorney's Office on Thursday filed an indictment against Simon Sa'dati in the Acre Magistrate's Court for leaving the country illegally, following his recent dramatic incursion into Lebanon which temporarily both confused and transfixed the country.

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Al Bawaba

4G arrives to Lebanon, few devices support it

Alfa unrolled the country's first commercial 4G data service in certain areas of Beirut Wednesday and Lebanon's second mobile operator, touch, is set to follow suit next week.

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Wed May 15, 2013

Morning Star

Palestinians mark 65 years since Nakba

Palestinians clashed with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank today during demonstrations to mark 65 years since the Nakba, or catastrophe, in which hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were forced from their villages.

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Jerusalem Post

The war over preemption

Why would Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, need more missiles to menace Israeli cities if, as Israel claims, he had already amassed more than 50,000 rockets and missiles capable of reaching its population centers? The answer is that he does not.

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