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  • June 2008

    • 10 Spots to Vacation in Style

      GQ  |  Jun 1, 08 12:41 PM CDT

      10 Spots to Vacation in Style

      (Newser) - What's the modern traveler to do in a world of ever-shrinking borders and ever-fewer spots of true exoticism? Why, simply crib off GQ 's list of the classiest spots slightly off the beaten path: Cesme, Turkey: the Hamptons of Anatolia Formentera, Spain: No foam parties allowed Stockholm, Sweden: Land of Viking nurses More »

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      California  • France  • Turkey  • England  • Spain  • vacation  • Greece  • holiday travel  • Tripoli  • Stockholm

  • September 2007

    • 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

    • US Envoy Visits Libya; Rice May Be Next

      BBC  |  Aug 22, 07 9:36 AM CDT

      US Envoy Visits Libya; Rice May Be Next

      (Newser) - A leading State Department official has arrived in Libya, laying the groundwork for a probable visit by Condoleezza Rice later in the year. The envoy, David Welch, will discuss improvements to US-Libyan relations and compensation for victims of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, the BBC reports. Since 2003, when the Gaddafi regime accepted responsibility for the Pan Am attack, relations with Tripoli have steadily improved. More »

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      Condoleezza Rice  • State Department  • Libya  • Moammar Gadhafi  • Tripoli  • Lockerbie

  • June 2007

    • Army Battles Militants Near Lebanese Refugee Camp

      Reuters  |  Jun 1, 07 9:22 AM CDT

      Army Battles Militants Near Lebanese Refugee Camp

      (Newser) - Lebanese troops continued to try to dislodge militants from a Palestinian refugee camp outside Tripoli today, extending a two-week siege that has led to the worst violence in the country since the civil war that ended in 1990. At least 84 people have died in the fighting, and more than half of the refugees have fled to another camp. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • Palestine  • Lebanon  • refugee  • refugee camp  • Fatah al Islam  • Nahr al Bared  • Lebanese Army  • Tripoli  • siege

  • May 2007

    • Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

      Associated Press  |  May 20, 07 2:20 PM CDT

      Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

      (Newser) - A gunbattle between the Lebanese army and al-Qaeda-linked militants in Tripoli  today left 22 soldiers and 17 insurgents dead, the AP reports. The fighting—the worst in the city in two decades— began when police raided an apartment occupied by militants. The army later shelled a Palestinian refugee camp which contains the group's headquarters, as hundreds of Lebanese onlookers cheered. More »

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      al-Qaeda  • insurgents  • military  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Tripoli  • radical

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