Lebanon

April 30, 2000

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Lebanon's Sagesee basketball team recovered late in the second half from their poor start to beat Tadamoun 81/78, Saturday, and advance into the semi

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With the observance of Labor Day only one day away, A-Safir Daily published Lebanese child labor statistics.  The number of employed children in the age group between 10-18 stands at 43,415, constitut

April 29, 2000

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Positions of Israeli troops and their allied South Lebanon Army came under fire by Hizbolla fighters Saturday, a day after three SLA soldiers were kil

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Three members of Israel's allied South Lebanon Army were killed and seven others wounded Friday along with an Israeli soldier in fierce Hizbollah atta

April 28, 2000

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The finalists of Asian Cup Soccer Championship showed different reactions over Wednesday's draw, which took place in Lebanon, the hosting country for

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More than two hundred people gathered in a Beirut park Thursday to protest the arrests of students opposed to Syria's military presence in Lebanon.  

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UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to convene the Security Council next month to decide on peacekeeping efforts in south Lebanon after the Israeli arm

April 27, 2000

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Three leading officers of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement were imprisoned Wednesday after the Beirut military court found them gu

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A resistance fighter of the Hizbollah movement was killed Wednesday in an Israeli air attack on one of the group's strongholds in southern Lebanon, sa

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    As the UN Middle East envoy begins a 13-day mission to the region Thursday, diplomatic sources said he would seek guarantees for the safety o

April 26, 2000

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 Asian soccer finalists may spend a restless night in Beirut, awaiting the finals draw that will put them in three groups by Peter Philaban, the Sec

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Cranes guarded by Israeli soldiers with automatic rifles were digging into the red soil along the border with Lebanon as part of preparations that Is

April 25, 2000

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A precious win for Sagesse Club (74-69) over their challengers Riyadi, Monday, granted them the leadership of Lebanon's Basketball Championship, which

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Iran has ordered the Lebanese Hizbollah resistance movement to mount a widespread terrorist campaign against Israeli interests after the Jewish state

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Special UN Middle East envoy Terje Larsen is due to meet with senior officials in Jerusalem Tuesday to discuss Israel's plans to pull the Israeli army