Lebanon
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UAE deportations raise questions in Lebanon...than 200 Lebanese await answers over why they were ejected from the U.A.E., experts point to paranoia in Gulf nations over Iran. BEIRUT, Lebanon - When Hussein Massoud returned to the United Arab Emirates from his summer vacation in Lebanon... In this article: United Arab Emirates, Hezbollah, Lebanon, Middle East, and Beirut |
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Lebanon remains
Profile of journalist Alec Collett abducted in Lebanon Repeated attempts have been made to trace Alec Collett Tests carried out on human remains excavated in Lebanon this week could signal an end to a 25-year search for kidnapped Briton...
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UK 'finds Lebanon hostage body'
UK team 'finds remains of kidnapped Briton' in Lebanon Mr Collett was 64 when he was kidnapped at gunpoint Human remains have been found by a team searching for a British journalist kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than 20 years...
In this article: UK, Palestinian militants, and UN
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Times Online | 2 days ago
Body found in Lebanon hunt for kidnapped journalist Alec Collett after 23 years
Navigation - link to other main sections from here Body found in Lebanon hunt for kidnapped journalist Alec Collett after 23 years A body recovered from the Bekaa Valley could be the remains of Alec Collett, a British journalist who was...
In this article: Fatah, Margaret Thatcher, New York, and Saddam Hussein
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Telegraph.co.uk - International news | 3 days ago
Body found in Lebanon thought to be missing Alec Collett
British officials searching for a British journalist kidnapped in Lebanon more than two decades ago said they had recovered human remains on Tuesday. Published: 7:31PM GMT 17 Nov 2009 The team, thought to be working on a tip-off, said...
In this article: United Nations, Beirut, United States bombing of Libya, Daily Star, Terry Waite, and John McCarthy
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New Jersey On-Line | 5 days ago
Lebanon decides to leave North Hunterdon Municipal Court; will join the Bloomsbury-Bethlehem Township Court
...the Washington Township (Morris) court. The Lebanon-Bethlehem-Bloomsbury deal is for one year, said Lebanon Councilman Sam Berger. Lebanon would have had to commit to the North Hunterdon court for three years. "This has been a whole year...
In this article: Raritan Township and Clinton Township
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AP Online | 7 days ago
Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute
BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah, is unlikely to tackle the chief challenge the country faces - a buildup of the Iranian-backed group's weapons - even as the...
In this article: Hezbollah, Saad Hariri, Israel, Syria, Beirut, and Rafik Hariri
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Lebanon's struggle to move forward
After months of negotiations, Lebanon has a new unity government comprising several factions but, as Natalya Antelava reports, many people there now view any government as largely irrelevant. With so many things dividing people, what...
In this article: Beirut, Michel Aoun, Paralysis, Saad Hariri, Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria
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Lebanon (pronounced: /en-US-Lebanon.ogg/ or IPA: /ˈlɛbənən|/; Arabic: لُبْنَان ; Liban), officially the Republic of Lebanon (Arabic: اَلْجُمْهُورِيَّة اَللُّبْنَانِيَّة ; French: République libanaise), is a country in Western Asia, on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It is bordered by Syria to the north and east, and Israel to the south. Lebanon's location at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian hinterland has dictated its rich, sometimes violent history, and shaped its unique cultural identity of religious and ethnic diversity.
The earliest evidence of civilization in Lebanon dates back more than 7,000 years—predating recorded history. Lebanon was the historic home of the Phoenicians, a maritime culture that flourished for more than 3,000 years (3700-450 BC). Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, the five provinces that comprise present-day Lebanon were mandated to France. Lebanon established a unique political system in 1942, known as confessionalism, a community-based power-sharing mechanism. It was created when the ruling French mandatory powers expanded the borders of the former autonomous Ottoman Mount Lebanon district that was mostly populated by Maronite Catholics and Druze. The country gained independence in 1943, and French troops withdrew in 1946.
- Name:
- Lebanon
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Lebanon
- Local Name:
- République libanaise
- Capital:
- Beirut
- Language:
- Arabic , French, English, Armenian
- Arabic, French
- Largest City:
- Beirut
- Government type:
- Confessionalist, democratic, parliamentary republic
- Founding Date:
- November 26, 1941
- Formations:
- Recognized
- Area:
- 4,035
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $51.474 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $31.298 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $8,132
- Time Zone:
- EET
- Currency:
- Lebanese pound
- Demonym:
- Lebanese
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- LBP
- Country Calling Code:
- 961
- ccTLD:
- .lb
- Anthem:
- Lebanese National Anthem
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