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  • November 2007

    • Lebanon Under Emergency Rule

      Guardian (UK)  |  Nov 23, 07 5:15 PM CST

      Lebanon Under Emergency Rule

      (Newser) - Lebanon teetered on the brink of chaos tonight as its president declared a state of emergency just hours before his term expired and transferred power to the military. The outgoing Emile Lahoud refused to give power to his rival, PM Fouad Siniora, who immediately rejected the legality of Lahoud's move, the Guardian reports. More »

    • Lebanon Picks No Prez Today

      Wall Street Journal  |  Nov 22, 07 5:40 PM CST

      Lebanon Picks No Prez Today

      (Newser) - Lebanon's parties failed to pick a new president today, leaving them 24 hours to find a replacement before President Emile Lahoud's term ends, the Wall Street Journal reports. Lahoud has said the army chief may take over if sides remain deadlocked tomorrow at midnight—a turn that could spark blocs to pick their own candidates and set off civil war, officials fear. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Israel  • Palestine  • Lebanon  • Washington  • government  • Emile Lahoud

    • Former FBI, CIA Agent Had Hezbollah Ties

      Newsweek  |  Nov 14, 07 8:02 AM CST

      Former FBI, CIA Agent Had Hezbollah Ties

      (Newser) - Lebanese native Nada Nadim Prouty overstayed her student visa, obtained US citizenship through a sham marriage, waitressed at a Detroit restaurant suspected of laundering money for Hezbollah, and became a CIA agent with access to sensitive intelligence. The case of Prouty, who tapped into government computers to obtain information about Hezbollah, has shocked the intelligence world, Newsweek reports. More »

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      FBI  • CIA  • Detroit  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • espionage

  • October 2007

    • Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      Reuters  |  Oct 21, 07 7:56 PM CDT

      Cheney Amps Up Rhetoric Against Iran

      (Newser) - Cheney threatened "serious consequences" today if Iran doesn't drop its nuclear program, Reuters reports. "Our country and the entire international community cannot stand by as a terror-supporting state fulfills its most aggressive ambitions," he told the audience at a think-tank forum. One analyst called Cheney's threat "quite significant. That’s very strong words and it does have implications.”  More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Dick Cheney  • Syria  • Lebanon  • nuclear weapons  • diplomacy  • Tehran  • peace

  • September 2007

    • Despite Assassination, Lebanon Will Hold Elections

      BBC  |  Sep 20, 07 5:28 PM CDT

      Despite Assassination, Lebanon Will Hold Elections

      (Newser) - As the country mourns yesterday's death of anti-Syrian politician Antoine Ghanem, Lebanon's government is determined to hold presidential elections as scheduled next week, the BBC reports. "The hand of terror will not win," Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said today. "The Lebanese will … have a new president elected by lawmakers." Syria denied accusations it was behind the assassination. More »

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      presidential election  • Syria  • Lebanon  • assassination  • Antoine Ghanem

    • Car Bomb Kills Lawmaker in Lebanon

      Reuters  |  Sep 19, 07 12:11 PM CDT

      Car Bomb Kills Lawmaker in Lebanon

      (Newser) - Anti-Syrian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem was one of at least seven people killed by a car bomb in Beirut today, just days before Lebanon’s parliament is set to select a successor to pro-Syrian president Emile Lahoud. Ghanem was a member of an anti-Syrian governing coalition, which has been locked in a power struggle with Damascus-backed factions since November, Reuters reports. More »

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      Syria  • Lebanon  • car bomb  • Beirut  • Emile Lahoud  • Rafiq al-Hariri  • Antoine Ghanem

    • Top Terror Leader Killed

      CNN  |  Sep 4, 07 2:57 AM CDT

      Top Terror Leader Killed

      (Newser) - Islamic militant leader Shaker al-Abssi, wanted for the murder of a US diplomat in Jordan, was killed by Lebanese troops in the bloody climax of the battle for the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp near Tripoli. Al-Abssi was one of 39 militants killed by Lebanese special forces Sunday after a three-month siege, CNN reports More »

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      al-Qaeda  • terrorist  • Lebanon  • refugee camp  • Fatah al Islam  • Nahr al Bared  • Shaker al Abssi

    • Lebanese Rout Militants in Camp

      Times (UK)  |  Sep 3, 07 3:30 AM CDT

      Lebanese Rout Militants in Camp

      (Newser) - Jubilant Lebanese celebrated with soldiers yesterday after they finally wrested control of a besieged Palestinian refugee camp from an al-Qaeda ally, Fatah al-Islam. Lebanese special forces attacked strongholds that remained inside the ruins of the Nahr al-Bared camp near Tripoli after nearly three months of fighting, reports the London Times . More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Syria  • Lebanon  • refugee camp  • Fatah al Islam  • Nahr al Bared  • Fouad Siniora  • Tripoli

  • August 2007

    • France Eyes Diplomatic Role in Iraq

      International Herald Tribune  |  Aug 22, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      France Eyes Diplomatic Role in Iraq

      (Newser) - "Everyone knows the Americans will not be able to get this country out of difficulty alone," the new French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, told a French radio station on his way out of Iraq yesterday. Kouchner 's 3-day visit confirmed that the French see a role for themselves in mediating a political resolution in Iraq.  One possibility is a peace conference that would bring Sunnis, Shiites and Kurds together in France. More »

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      Iraq  • France  • Nicolas Sarkozy  • United States  • Lebanon  • Shiite  • diplomacy  • Sunni  • Kurds  • Bernard Kouchner

    • Pro-Democracy Campaign Falters

      Washington Post  |  Aug 20, 07 6:34 PM CDT

      Pro-Democracy Campaign Falters

      (Newser) - President Bush has announced his intention to end "tyranny in our world," but promoting democracy is proving as unpopular among Republicans as Democrats. His plans have met internal opposition, even from Dick Cheney, but a more formidable roadblock is the plan's close association with the unpopular chief executive, the Washington Post reports. More »

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      Iraq  • George W. Bush  • Dick Cheney  • State Department  • Lebanon  • foreign policy  • democracy  • Ukraine  • Kyrgyzstan

    • US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists

      Washington Post  |  Aug 15, 07 6:37 AM CDT

      US to Label Iran's Elite Force Terrorists

      (Newser) - Iran's elite military branch, the Revolutionary Guard, will be officially designated a terrorist organization by the US, the Washington Post reports. The declaration will allow Washington to block assets and disrupt the operations of businesses linked to the unit worldwide. The 125,000-member Guard, a  powerful political force, is increasingly supporting terrorists in Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon, officials say. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Afghanistan  • terrorist  • Lebanon  • sanctions  • Shiite militia  • Revolutionary Guards

    • Lebanese Hopes Pinned to Reluctant Billionaire

      Portfolio  |  Aug 14, 07 8:40 AM CDT

      Lebanese Hopes Pinned to Reluctant Billionaire

      (Newser) - Portfolio profiles Saad Hariri, the billionaire who now leads Lebanon's pro-Western majority party and America's last, best Middle Eastern hope. Hariri, pulled into politics when his former-PM father was assassinated in 2005, spends most of his days barricaded inside his Beirut mansion, trying to avoid being murdered by Hezbollah guerrillas. More »

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      Middle East  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • sectarian violence  • billionaire  • Saad al-Hariri

    • Forget the Pyramids—to the Bat Cave!

      Jaunted  |  Aug 11, 07 7:20 AM CDT

      Forget the Pyramids&mdash;to the Bat Cave!

      (Newser) - To appreciate the earth's natural beauty, sometimes you have to dig under the surface. Jaunted tips you off to the best caves in the world. Waitomo Glow Worms Caves, New Zealand: Abseil down a tiny hole, black-water raft for 3 hours, and then see a glow-worm-studded cave ceiling. More »

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      list  • Mexico  • Italy  • travel  • Lebanon  • New Zealand

    • US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

      New York Times  |  Aug 8, 07 12:31 PM CDT

      US Blames Iran for Bomb Toll

      (Newser) - A sophisticated bomb that the US military has tracked to Iran was used in a record number of attacks on American-led troops last month, the New York Times reports. The  bombs—called explosively formed penetrators—fire  a semi-molten copper slug that can break through the armor of a Humvee. They were responsible for 99 strikes and a third of the 69 combat fatalities in July, according to the military. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • US military  • Lebanon  • war  • Hezbollah  • bomb  • roadside bomb  • militant

    • Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      Reuters  |  Aug 6, 07 4:03 AM CDT

      Pro-Syrian Wins Lebanon Seat

      (Newser) - The complex political crisis in Lebanon deepened yesterday when a Christian opposition candidate  defeated a  pro-government former president in a special parliamentary election—one of two held to fill seats of anti-Syrian politicians assassinated last year. Ex-president Amin Gemayel, a key player in the US backed majority coalition, was running for the seat left vacant by the murder of his son More »

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      Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Maronite Christians

  • July 2007

    • Lebanese Assault on Refugee Camp Intensifies

      Associated Press  |  Jul 13, 07 1:34 PM CDT

      Lebanese Assault on Refugee Camp Intensifies

      (Newser) - Lebanon is denying that its latest round of strikes on a Palestinian refugee camp constitute the final showdown with militants holed up inside, the AP reports. Militants in the densely packed warren of buildings exchanged heavy fire with the army encircling them today and shot nine rockets into nearby villages, orange groves and vineyards. More »

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      Lebanon  • refugee camp

  • June 2007

    • US Shuts Out Troublemaking Syrians

      Reuters  |  Jun 29, 07 4:24 PM CDT

      US Shuts Out Troublemaking Syrians

      (Newser) - President Bush moved to boost the Lebanese government today, barring officials who have acted to undermine the precarious regime from entering the US. The ban applies to some high-level Syrian officials and five former Lebanese cabinet ministers, Reuters reports. An NSC spokesman said the goal is "to demonstrate to Syria our desire for them to stop meddling in Lebanon." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Vladimir Putin  • Syria  • Lebanon  • assassination  • travel ban

    • Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

      Reuters  |  Jun 25, 07 4:46 AM CDT

      Lebanon Bomb Kills Six UN Soldiers

      (Newser) - A car bomb killed six members of a Spanish UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon  yesterday, in the first attack in a year on peacekeepers there. No one claimed responsibility for the bombing near Khiyam, but observers suspect Fatah al-Islam, the same al-Qaeda-spawned Sunni group that battled Lebanon at the Nahr al-Bared refugee camp last month. More »

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      Lebanon  • bombing  • Sunni  • bomb  • car bomb  • refugee camp  • Fatah al Islam  • peacekeeper  • Nahr al Bared  • Lebanese Army

    • Lebanese Claim Victory in Camp

      Reuters  |  Jun 22, 07 4:38 AM CDT

      Lebanese Claim Victory in Camp

      (Newser) - The Lebanese government has declared "mission accomplished" in its month-long battle against al-Qaeda-spawned militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. The siege left 166 dead and destroyed much of the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, in some of the worst fighting the country has seen since its 15-year-long civil war. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Palestine  • Lebanon  • Fatah  • refugee camp  • Nahr al Bared  • Shaker al Abssi

    • Lebanon Under Seige

      New York Review of Books  |  Jun 19, 07 9:22 PM CDT

      Lebanon Under Seige

      (Newser) - Economist Middle East correspondent Max Rodenbeck takes us on a painful amble through the history of modern Lebanon.   He sees Lebanon as a Manichean society where the wealthy live next to the poor, the religious coexist (sort of) with the secular, the pro-Syrian are at odds with the pro-Israeli. More »

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      Palestine  • Middle East  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • history  • Lebanon War

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