GnR in Lebanon: "Estranged"

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One blogger is not at all impressed at the question and answer portion done by the new Miss Lebanon, but he still sees her as an improvement; Intra-Alawite fighting in Qardaha and Five Simple Steps to Rob People in Jordan.