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World
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7/31/2022 4:42:53 PM
A section of Beirut's massive port grain silos, shredded in the 2020 explosion, collapsed on Sunday after a weekslong fire triggered by grains that had fermented and ignited in the summer heat.
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World
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Region
7/31/2022 4:14:34 PM
US envoy Amos Hochstein arrived in Beirut Sunday to push talks to resolve a bitter maritime border dispute between Lebanon and Israel over Mediterranean waters with offshore gas fields.
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Business
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Energy
6/20/2022 5:22:28 PM
Lebanon will sign a final agreement to import gas from Egypt via Syria on 21 June in Beirut, Lebanese Minister of Energy Walid Fayad said on Monday.
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World
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Region
6/18/2022 2:37:08 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on authorities in Beirut to respect the decision of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, which on Thursday imposed life sentences on two members of Hezbollah for involvement in the 2005 bombing that claimed the life of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
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World
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Region
6/14/2022 10:52:41 AM
The US envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their disputed maritime border met Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Tuesday in Beirut, the president's office said . The talks focused on ways of reaching a solution amid rising tensions along the tense boundary.
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World
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Region
6/11/2022 7:08:28 PM
Hundreds of people and several lawmakers protested Saturday in southern Lebanon against Israel moving a gas production vessel into an offshore field partly claimed by Beirut.
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World
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Region
5/18/2022 9:01:09 PM
A new 10 million US dollars grant will help Lebanon mitigate the environmental and health impacts of the Beirut port explosions on the neighboring population and support Beirut's reconstruction, the United Nations said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
4/19/2022 10:16:10 PM
Abdel-Moneim Said wonders about the future of the peace process.
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World
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Region
2/23/2022 3:28:50 PM
Lebanon has thwarted a plan by the Islamic State group to carry out three suicide bombings targeting Shia religious compounds in Beirut's southern suburbs, the interior ministry said Wednesday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/19/2022 11:05:42 PM
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Egypt has not stopped sending aid to Lebanon since the deadly Beirut explosion on 4 August, 2020, as he spoke in an interview with Ahram Daily Newspaper's journalist Mohamed El-Qazzaz.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
2/14/2022 3:45:03 PM
Egypt sent on Monday its largest medical and food aid shipment to Lebanon yet as part of its continued efforts to support the country after the devastating port explosion that sent shockwaves across the city of Beirut in August 2020.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
2/13/2022 6:22:52 PM
From his small music shop on Beirut's Hamra Street, Michel Eid witnessed the rise and fall of Lebanon through the changing fortunes of this famed boulevard for more than 60 years.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
1/27/2022 8:02:00 PM
Lebanon’s IT sector and businesses that rely on the Internet are struggling under the weight of the country’s economic crises.
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World
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Region
1/12/2022 9:10:27 PM
Austria's foreign minister said Wednesday that the European Union wants to help Lebanon escape its economic meltdown, but only if the country's leaders clean up Beirut's affairs.
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World
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Region
1/8/2022 2:58:57 PM
Hundreds of people rallied in Beirut on Saturday to protest measures imposed against the unvaccinated, saying individuals should have the right to decide whether to be inoculated or not.
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World
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Region
12/29/2021 9:37:32 PM
A shipment of fake oranges hid millions of Captagon pills intercepted by Lebanese authorities, the interior minister said Wednesday, in the latest regional seizure of the stimulant drug.
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World
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Region
12/28/2021 3:56:00 PM
Lebanon's prime minister said Tuesday that his government's talks with the International Monetary Fund are inching closer to a ``final formula'' for a draft on an agreement before the end of February.
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World
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Region
12/27/2021 10:49:49 PM
Lebanon's president called Monday for an end to an 11-week deadlock that has prevented the government from convening, further undermining state institutions in the country amid an economic meltdown.
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World
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Region
12/20/2021 6:42:53 PM
The UN chief called on Monday for an impartial and transparent investigation into last year's massive Beirut port explosion to ensure justice, after paying tribute to the victims of the blast.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
12/17/2021 4:10:59 PM
Renowned Egyptian mezzo soprano Farrah El Dibany took the stage of Ajami Square in Beirut Souks this past Wednesday to perform within the Lebanon Chants Festival's Divas of the Mediterranean segment.
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