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NEWS ABOUT: Tripoli

Tripoli stories: 5 news summaries
TRAVEL

 10 Spots to Vacation in Style 

From the Turkish Hamptons to uh, Montauk

Jun 1, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(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:
  1. Cesme, Turkey: the Hamptons of Anatolia
  2. Formentera, Spain: No foam parties allowed
  3. Stockholm, Sweden: Land of
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Turkey • California • Spain • France • England • Greece • Tripoli • vacation • Stockholm • holiday travel

Lebanese Rout Militants in Camp

Months of fighting leaves refugee camp in ruins

Sep 3, 07 3:30 AM CDT
(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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Lebanon • Syria • refugee camp • Fatah al Islam • Nahr al Bared • Tripoli • Fouad Siniora • al-Qaeda

US Envoy Visits Libya; Rice
May Be Next

Rice would be first secretary of state to visit since 1953

Aug 22, 07 9:36 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Army Battles Militants Near Lebanese Refugee Camp

Bombardment escalates as death toll tops 80

Jun 1, 07 9:22 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

Clashes in Lebanon Kill 39

May 20, 07 2:20 PM CDT
(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... More »

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

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