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Elections indécises au Liban, quatre ans après la mort de Hariri

June 7th, 2009 · No Comments

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BEYROUTH, 7 juin (Reuters) – Un peu plus de quatre ans après l’assassinat de l’ancien Premier ministre Rafic Hariri, qui avait porté au pouvoir une majorité hostile à la tutelle syrienne, les Libanais retournent ce dimanche aux urnes pour un scrutin législatif qui [...]

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Tags: Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics

LIBAN Un système électoral confessionnel complexe

June 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

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BEYROUTH, 2 juin (Reuters) – Petit guide du système de représentation parlementaire complexe en vigueur au Liban, fondé notamment sur l’appartenance confessionnelle.
Les électeurs musulmans sont majoritaires, avec 60,4%, devant les chrétiens, avec 39% (dont 20,9% de maronites), mais ceux-ci séparément sont plus nombreux que les [...]

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Tags: Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Politics · War & Conflict

Cabaret night in Lebanon…

May 22nd, 2009 · 1 Comment

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lebanese dancer in restaurant
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lebanese dancer in restaurant
Uploaded by LeliaLeb. – Arts and animation videos.
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Tags: Arts & Culture · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Meditérranée · Personal · Travel · Video · music · women

When political campaining loses its head and its aim….

May 1st, 2009 · No Comments

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Women in Lebanon are really disappointed with this clip

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Tags: Lebanon · Mediterranean · Politics · Video

Affaire Hariri: Les quatre generaux libanais sont libres

April 30th, 2009 · No Comments

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Apres pres de 4 ans passees en cellule alors qu’ils n’avaient pas ete accuses d’un quelconque crimes, les quatre generaux Jamil Sayyed, Moustapha Hamdane, Ali Hajj et Raymond Azar ont ete liberes hier sur decision du Tribunal International specila pour le Liban charge d’enqueter dans [...]

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Tags: Lebanon · Mediterranean · Video · War & Conflict

The One Man Village

April 9th, 2009 · No Comments

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Discover the trailer of this lebanese movie by Simon Habre
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Semaan is leading a quiet life on his farm in the small village of Ain al-Halazoun in the Lebanese mountains. The hamlet was completely emptied and destroyed in combats during the civil [...]

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Tags: Arts & Culture · Lebanon · Mediterranean · Simon Habre · Video · cinema