Positive news from Lebanon
Roman-Era Burial Cave Unearthed in LebanonBeirut, Lebanon - Laborers working on the infrastructure of a sewage canal network have unearthed a Roman-era burial cave from the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. near the ruins of Baalbek in northeastern Lebanon, the official National News Agency reported Tuesday. |
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Lebanon begins Syria-free voteBeirut, Lebanon - Voting began in Beirut on Sunday in Lebanon's first free parliamentary polls without Syrian meddling. |
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Last Syrian Troops Pull Out of LebanonSyria - The last Syrian troops officially left Lebanon Tuesday, ending a military occupation that lasted 29 years. |
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Last of fugitive H2N2 flu samples destroyedBeirut, Lebanon - The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the American University of Beirut destroyed the last fugitive samples of the H2N2 influenza virus, which the College of American Pathologists (CAP) had mistakenly sent, Friday. |
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News from the Middle East
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- Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’
- Saudi women to get right to vote
- Internet activism stop F1 race in Bahrain
- Former Israeli pres. Katsav gets 7yrs in jail for rape
- Israeli extends helping hand to sick Palestinians
- Pneumonia vaccine ‘to save thousands of lives’
- Ambitious project to green the desert to begin in Jordan
- Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own Light
- Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battle