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May 10, 2013 01:04 AM |
Free Patriotic Movement MPs said Thursday they were open to continue discussing a recent proposal by the Kataeb Party to add a clause to the Constitution calling for adopting neutrality in regional conflicts.
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May 10, 2013 01:04 AM |
A cell made up of Syrian and Lebanese nationals with links to Al-Qaeda has been arrested by authorities in Lebanon, security sources told The Daily Star Thursday.
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May 10, 2013 12:59 AM |
The Union of Private Teachers warned Thursday of a return to the picket lines if caretaker Finance Minister Mohammad Safadi continued to delay referring legislation stipulating a salary raise to Parliament.
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Diplomacy gets another chance for Syria
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Arshad Mohammed | May 10, 2013 12:49 AM |
If Russia has decided to make a new diplomatic push to drag Syria’s warring parties into peace talks, it may be because of signs that the United States could slowly get sucked into the conflict.
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Boston police unaware of Tsarnaev warning
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May 10, 2013 12:47 AM |
FBI agents did not tell Boston police they had received warnings from Russia’s government in 2011 about suspected bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev and had performed a cursory investigation, Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis told Congress Thursday, in the first hearing into last April 15 terror attack on the Boston Marathon.Davis said that none of four people he had assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force was aware that the FBI investigated the vague warning, found nothing and had closed the file. One of his detectives was in the dark despite being assigned to the unit that investigated Tsarnaev, Davis said.
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Nigerian cult kills 46 police officers in ambush
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Anamesere Igboeroteonwu | May 10, 2013 12:48 AM |
Gunmen killed 46 police officers in an ambush in the central Nigerian state of Nasarawa this week, police said Thursday, with the governor there saying he believed a lesser-known local cult had been behind the killings Tuesday and not Boko Haram Islamists.
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'Quiet man' Kerry's strategy for Middle East peace
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Jo Biddle | May 01, 2013 09:52 AM |
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is moving cautiously and smartly towards fresh Middle East peace talks, but deep distrust between all sides means success is far from guaranteed, analysts say.
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Looking for logic in North Korea's threats
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Tim Sullivan | April 13, 2013 10:34 AM |
To the outside world, the talk often appears to border on the lunatic, with the poor, hungry and electricity-starved nation threatening to lay waste to America's cities in an atomic firestorm, or to overrun South Korea in a lightning attack.
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3 suspected cases of SARS-related virus in France
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Greg Keller | May 10, 2013 12:26 PM |
French health officials say they are investigating three suspected cases of a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS, while a man confirmed to have the virus remains hospitalized.
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France reports first case of new SARS-like virus
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May 08, 2013 12:08 PM |
France has identified its first case of a new strain of coronavirus emerging from the Middle East in a person recently returned from a stay in the United Arab Emirates, the Health Ministry says.
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Catholic center head slams media content
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May 10, 2013 12:59 AM |
The head of the Catholic Media Center criticized the content of news websites and TV programs Thursday, saying they were “shocking” the public.
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Hostages families to end sit-in
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May 10, 2013 12:59 AM |
Relatives of the Lebanese hostages in Syria suspended Thursday their sit-ins outside offices linked to Turkey after the head of General Security reassured them of positive developments in the case of their loved ones.
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Youssef Beyk Karam gets a new outfit
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May 10, 2013 12:58 AM |
Italian experts have replaced the garments on the preserved body of the national leader Youssef Beyk Karam, to treat it for symptoms of decomposition.
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Syrian rockets hit east Lebanon: sources
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By Rakan al-Fakih | May 09, 2013 02:02 PM (Last Updated: 09/05/2013 06:54 PM) |
Four Syrian rockets strike Thursday the Bekaa Valley city of Hermel, east Lebanon, security sources told The Daily Star, adding that there were no casualties.
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Axed host threatens to sue MTV
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By Meris Lutz | May 09, 2013 01:18 AM |
A dispute between a controversial television host and MTV escalated Wednesday with Joe Maalouf threatening legal action against the station after owner Gabriel Murr reportedly canceled his show “Enta Horr” and banned him from the premises
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Council head defends legality of body
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By Youssef Diab | May 09, 2013 01:17 AM |
Issam Suleiman, the head of the Constitutional Council, defended the legality of his body Wednesday, and said that a lack of candidates to replace incumbent council members had led five to continue to serve in their posts, well after the expiry of their terms.
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Hunger strike prisoner’s family demands his release
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May 09, 2013 01:17 AM |
The family of a suspected Israeli spy who began a hunger strike 10 days ago Wednesday called on President Michel Sleiman and other Arab leaders to intervene and rescue their “innocent” son.
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