Lebanon

July 19, 2004

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A 49-year-old Tel Aviv District Court judge was assassinated in a drive-by shooting Monday night in the nortern Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Hasharon.

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Deputy Speaker of the Lebanese Council of Deputies Ily Al-Farzali received in the capital of Beirut on Monday Saudi ambassador to Lebanon Dr. Abdulazi

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The Sudanese government is directly responsible for crimes against humanity in its strife-torn western region of Darfur, including the widespread rape

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A senior commander of Hizbullah's military wing Ghaleb Awali was assassinated in a car bomb ambush on Monday.

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A suicide bomber in a fuel truck blew it up early Monday at a police station in southwest Baghdad, killing nine people and wounding about 60, Iraqi of

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Lebanese living legend Sabbah has recently joined numerous artists and politicians in Lebanon and the Arab world through a new silicon-made statue that holds the number 50 in Ga’eita museum

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Nancy Ajram revealed that she appreciates productive and positive criticism but when it gets personal she only becomes silent

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After the previous verbal war that broke out between Egyptian folk singer Shabaan Abdul Rahim and Lebanese singer Diana Haddad when the latter accused him of being a monologist, a new one erupted but

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A group of Arab Gulf and other Middle Eastern investors on Sunday declared a joint venture with Sudanese government bodies to establish Al Salam Bank in Khartoum with an estimated capital of $75 milli

July 18, 2004

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A prominent economist on Saturday stated 90 percent of the Lebanese population is below the poverty line.

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A decision was adopted to establish an Egyptian-Iraqi joint stock company with a capital of $ 10 million to undertake rebuilding operations in Iraq and drawing up feasibility studies for new projects.

July 15, 2004

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Since the release of her latest album “Aineik Kaddabeen” (Lying Eyes), after 2 years of absence, lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoughbi is witnessing success and regaining her glory like never before

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Lebanese singer Alissa has denied circulating rumors that she is living a romantic love affair with a Prince from one of the Gulf countries and that the two plan on getting married in the very near fu

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Yemen's parliament approved on Wednesday a loan agreement worth of $ 30 million to extend telecom-network in various regions. The agreement has been inked between Yemen and South Korean Bank for Expor

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Egypt began to experience a modest economic recovery in mid-2003 following three years where the rate of growth averaged 3 percent, the IMF indicated in a recent press release.