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Lebanon journalist UK entry veto

March 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment

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A Lebanese journalist with links to militant group Hezbollah has been barred from entering Britain.
Ibrahim Moussawi was due to speak at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, but the home secretary has ruled he should be denied a visa.
Mr Moussawi was [...]

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Tags: Mediterranean · Politics · Society · Travel · War & Conflict

Palestinian factions fire rockets from south Lebanon, Israel fires back

January 8th, 2009 · No Comments

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Early this morning, a palestinian faction known as FPLP-CG, and whose commandment is based in Damascus, fired three rockets from a southern village in Lebanon, between Naquoura and Bint Jbeil. Israel didn’t wait long before firing back.
The government in Lebanon as well as Hezbollah agree [...]

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Tags: War & Conflict

Violence strikes again in Eastern Lebanon

June 9th, 2008 · No Comments

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SAADNAYEL, Lebanon (AFP) —
Four people were wounded in armed clashes in Lebanon overnight between supporters of the anti-Syrian majority and the Hezbollah-led opposition, hospital sources said on Monday.
Rivals opened fire with machine guns, mortar rounds and rockets in the village of Saadnayel in [...]

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Tags: Photo · Politics · War & Conflict

La Future News reprend ses programmes

May 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment

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La Future News a repris hier ses émissions, sans toutefois remettre en route la grille normale de l’autre télévision non cablée du groupe, la Future TV.
Les journalistes vedettes de la chaîne sont réfugiés dans des hôtels de peur d’être la cible – encore – de [...]

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Tags: Human Rights · Photo · Politics · War & Conflict