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By Hayeon Lee
Beirut - After a little over a year of inaugurating its controversial but apparently successful plastic surgery loan, Lebanon’s First National Bank (FNB) has launched yet another initiative, this time, the world’s first fertility loan.
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By Eyad Jamaleddine
Exclusive to Ya Libnan
Last week we saw the invasion of South Ossetia by Georgian Forces and a fierce response by the Kremlin, sending in thousands of personnel carriers and tanks, countering and defeating their opponents.
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Mika, a widely regarded pop music genius, enchanted a sellout crowd of 14,000 late Sunday in Martyr's Square, the heart of downtown Beirut.
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By Tom Lewis,
Special to Ya Libnan
A cartoon published in a British newspaper earlier this year depicted a lone, balding man clutching a can of beer in one hand, and a hammer in the other.
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By Ghassan Karam
Special to Ya Libnan
The current structure of the just agreed upon Lebanese cabinet is reminiscent of the Biblical story about the Tower of Babel.
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By Tom Lewis
Special to Ya Libnan
Bernard Khoury is an architect, an inventor and a storyteller.
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By Tom Lewis
Special to Ya Libnan
The Magen-Abraham Synagogue of Wadi Abou Jamil, once the hub of Beirut's Jewish community, cuts a lonely figure, skeletal as it is in the shadow of the pristine architectural restorations around it, on the Beirut cityscape.
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By Eyad Jamaleddine,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
Rejoice fellow Lebanese, last Friday we witnessed the formation of a new government, the deployment of our troops along the Shebaa farm lines and a milestone in cooperation between all factions within our country.
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By Tom Lewis
Special to Ya Libnan
Hubert Fattal's new show is a ten-year journey from the figurative to the decorative, that interprets the aesthetics of pattern, science and history in the liveliest terms.
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By Eyad Jamaleddine,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
Around 9 P.M on a sunny summer day one can seize the opportunity of enjoying a beautiful summer sunset.
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By Ghassan Karam,
Special to Ya Libnan
Politics imitates life in Lebanon, especially the phenomenon of Michel Aoun.
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By Ghassan Karam,
Special to Ya Libnan
The current financial crisis, just like any crisis, did not happen in a vacuum. In a sense, nothing does.
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By Elizabeth Naser,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
The recent clashes in the North near Tripoli, between pro and anti-government supporters, clearly highlights the deep divisions that run in the social and political fabric of Lebanese villages.
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Beirut - Israel is lobbying in the US against the $400 million arms deal for the Lebanese Army, According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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By Ghassan Karam,
Special to Ya Libnan
It should be obvious to any objective observer of the Lebanese political scene that something terribly wrong in governance has gone awry.
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By Tom Lewis,
Ya Libnan Volunteer
A young girl dressed in black, toys with her hands and stares thoughtfully at something to her right.
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