Lebanon

June 20, 2000

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Lebanon will hold general elections on three successive Sundays from August 20 to September 3, Interior Minister Michel Murr said Tuesday. Details of

June 19, 2000

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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan flew into Beirut Monday, straight into a row over whether the Israelis had completely withdrawn from south

June 18, 2000

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United Nations chief Kofi Annan said Sunday he foresaw no problem with Lebanon over confirming the Israeli withdrawal from the country, even though Be

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Lebanon categorically denied Sunday reports that it had lifted its objections to a UN confirmation that Israel had completely withdrawn from its terri

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Lebanon has lifted its objections to an announcement by the United Nations confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces from its territory, members of

June 17, 2000

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Hizbullah threatened Saturday that its fighters will resume their anti-Israeli attacks unless UN officials halt Israeli "encroachment" on Lebanese ter

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An Israeli tank that fired at and killed a Lebanese driver working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in south Lebanon last month acted ac

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Seventeen members of the South Lebanon Army (SLA) stood trial on Friday night on charges of collaborating with Israel and fighting on the side of an e

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Shiite cleric Sayyed Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah called on Friday on the Lebanese to renounce sectarianism in their politics and fighting and instead e

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The World Bank will approve an $80-million municipal infrastructure loan to Lebanon before the end of this month as part of a broader effort by the ba

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Secretary-general Kofi Annan confirmed on Friday that Israel had fully withdrawn from southern Lebanon as ordered by the Security Council, but Beirut'

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Twenty-nine alleged followers of the Islamic militant Osama bin Laden, went on trial in Lebanon Friday on charges of planning terrorist attacks in Jor

June 16, 2000

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By Nabil Al Mulhem Damascus – Albawaba.com  Lebanese key politicians have expressed hope that the Syrian-Lebanese relation would be reconstructed on t

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Seven members of the two rival Muslim groups, Hizbullah and Amal, have been injured in a series of clashes in different villages of southern Lebanon,

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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud criticized Thursday those whom he said were in a rush to wrap up verification of the Israeli withdrawal from south Leb