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Click here if you can't read this email properly Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Follow us: Lebanon News Lebanese Sunni cleric ends anti-Hezbollah sit-in San Diego Union-Tribune- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 BEIRUT -; A hardline Lebanese Sunni Muslim cleric has announced the end of a month long sit-in to demand the disarmament of the country's powerful militant Hezbollah ... ICRC says working on contact with Lebanese hostages The Daily Star- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 BEIRUT: The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it was ready to help establish contact between Lebanese Shiite pilgrims taken hostage in Syria and their families. The ICRC said ... Syrias unrest dents Lebanons exports MENAFN- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 (MENAFN) Lebanese exports suffered a painful hit due to the ongoing political turmoil in neighboring Syria, with the country's industries losing more than USD150 million, the state-run National ... 10 injured in renewed clashes in Lebanons Tripoli SINA- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 BEIRUT, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 10 people were injured in gun battles between the rival neighborhoods of Alawite Jabal Mohsen and Sunni Bab al-Tabbaneh in the northern Lebanese city of ... PSP slams Lebanese authorities for deporting activists to Syria General Sources- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 BEIRUT: The Progressive Socialist Party accused Lebanese authorities Thursday of handing over 14 Syrian "activists" to Damascus. "Lebanese security services handed over 14 Syrian ... Lebanese company robbed of $10000 worth of toys General Sources- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 BEIRUT: A Lebanese toy company was robbed overnight of $10,000 worth of toys when one of its employees was intercepted in his car, security sources said Thursday. They said two unidentified ... Global LGBT Briefs Lebanon and Language Gay theater raided in Beirut while new Chinese dictionary omits most ... General Sources- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Box Turtle Bulletin blog is reporting on a July 28 raid of a Beirut cinema reputed to screen gay pornography. According to BTB, plainclothes secret-service agents, ... Berri Lebanon heading to a Swiss type federation Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Lebanon has always been referred to as the Switzerland of the east , but this time the reference takes a new dimension. Speaker Nabih Berri revealed to al Akhbar newspaper in remarks published on ... Syria crisis costs Lebanon $150m in 2012 exports AME Info- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Lebanon's state-run Export Development Council has warned that an imminent crisis would hit the industrial and agricultural sectors if the government failed to secure export routes bypassing ... Israel skeptical over US sanctions on Iran Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Israel has warned visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that time is running out for a peaceful settlement to the nuclear dispute with ... Syrian troops kill 35 unarmed civilians in Damascus suburb Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Syrian troops killed at least 35 people on Wednesday, mostly unarmed civilians, when they shelled and overran a suburb of the capital Damascus, residents and activist organizations said. ';The ... Lebanons Arabic press digest - Aug. 2 2012 General Sources- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Nasrallah holds onto arms, Assir ends sit-in, bishops sound the alarm Political events accumulated, in an unprecedented way, as Lebanon marked Army Day Aug. 1 – starting with a significant ... Turkey Iraqi Kurds agree to act together Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Turkey and Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region have said in a rare joint statement that they will tackle any threat from a violent group or organization that exploits the power vacuum in Syria, an ... Syria conflict Aleppo conflict sees 'escalation' Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 The UN says fighting in Syria’s embattled city of Aleppo has increased significantly in the past few days. Sausan Ghosheh of the UN mission in Syria told the BBC that opposition forces were ... Bishops warn of economic collapse in Lebanon Ya Libnan- Thursday 2nd August, 2012 Following its monthly meeting headed by Patriarch Beshara al-Rai, the Maronite bishops council warned on Wednesday of economic collapse in Lebanon because of the state's failure in meeting the ... 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