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Beirut Burns as Lebanon's Violent Habits Die Hard

Patrick Galey | Posted 05.29.2012

Read More: Syria, Lebanon, Civil War, Assad, Middle East, Tripoli, Beirut, Damascus, Future Movement, Social Nationalist Party, World News
Patrick Galey

Those who engage in fighting are not party 'supporters' as is often supposed. They are trained gunmen. Killers. And as long as they continue receiving tacit instructions from leaders to remain so, don't expect Lebanon to have picked its last fight with itself.

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2 Dead In Beirut Standoff

AP | HUSSEIN MALLA | Posted 05.24.2012

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BEIRUT -- An explosive, eight-hour shootout in west Beirut that apparently erupted after a domestic dispute killed at least two people early Thursday,...

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Beirut Street Battles Leave 2 Dead

AP | BASSEM MROUE and HUSSEIN MALLA | Posted 05.22.2012

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BEIRUT -- Street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in the Lebanese capital killed two people overnight and wounded 15 as the spiraling confl...

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CNN Hero Uses Soccer, Mentoring To Help Young Refugees Transition To U.S.

Posted 05.09.2012

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Mark Kabban was just 9-years-old when he and his family moved from Beirut to the United States. Now, he's making sure other refugees have a smooth tra...

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Turning to the Past for Future Peace

Randa Farah | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Nakba, Israel, Middle East, Beirut, West Bank, Lebanon, Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian Refugees, World News
Randa Farah

Palestinian right of return is not only just but viable, even though at this historical juncture it seems far-fetched. Only the recognition and fulfillment of this right -- all the more important as the 64th anniversary of the Nakba approaches -- will lead to justice and secure a lasting peace.

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Feist And The Beach Boys Among Upcoming NYC Shows

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.03.2012

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By Daniel Jumpertz Celebrating the opening of the Frieze New York art exhibition, Martha Wainwright performs a full concert in the MoMA PS1 Perform...

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Odd Ads Invade Beirut's Bathrooms

Posted 04.18.2012

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Beirut's Riviera Hotel has long been a bastion of style and class on the Mediterranean. Opened in 1956, the hotel offers 120 luxurious rooms and suite...

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Nothing Works Out In Beirut's 'Vagabond'

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.24.2012

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New Mexican Zach Condon and his band Beirut aren't strangers to the odd period party, having tore it up with some twee girls in their first official v...

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PHOTOS: Cerebral Cruising Towards Antiquity

Yvonne Yorke | Posted 04.11.2012

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Yvonne Yorke

After several attempts to catch a taxi back to the ship, one of the local shopkeepers voluntarily came out of his store and helped me flag down a taxi and give the driver directions.

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PHOTOS: Beirut Builds Itself A Future

Marissa Cortes | Posted 03.26.2012

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Marissa Cortes

What Beirut seems to be known best for these days is what happens after dark. The clubs, bars and restaurants are international destinations in themselves.

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Lebanon's Disaster Waiting to Happen

Patrick Galey | Posted 03.24.2012

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Patrick Galey

The cultural damage wrought by the unchecked regeneration of Beirut has been talked about at length, but there are also safety aspects to consider.

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PHOTOS: 5-Story Residence Collapses, Killing At Least 20

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 03.17.2012

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BEIRUT — Using cranes, bulldozers and their bare hands, Lebanese rescue workers pulled bodies from the rubble of a collapsed five-story resident...

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Ban Ki-moon's Visit to Beirut: A Message of Trust in Lebanon's Role

Raghida Dergham | Posted 03.16.2012

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Raghida Dergham

The Secretary-General trusts in Lebanon's ability to move forward normally, and not as a Syrian hostage.

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Joshua Hersh

Syria Crisis: In Neighboring Beirut, A Daily Struggle For Credible Information

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.03.2012

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BEIRUT -- Shortly after midnight one night last week, two 20-something Syrians huddled over a computer, trying to sort out exactly what had happened t...

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Kia Makarechi

Zach Condon Of Beirut Talks The Rip Tide

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.30.2011

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Zach Condon shattered his wrist as a young child, and says he can't play guitar for more than a few minutes without feeling pain. "At a young age, my ...

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Beirut, 'A Candle's Fire'

Posted 10.30.2011

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Beirut's latest album, "The Rip Tide," is officially out today, and fans who have come to depend on Zach Condon's old-world mentality will be surprise...

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 10.24.2011

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Shawn Amos

This week, the Muppets get some indie cred, Stephen Malkmus gets reined in, Barbra gets sentimental, Game gets vulnerable, and Beirut strips down. It's a perfect "Play" week. Thank God. I was starting to lose hope.

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Theo Spielberg

Beirut Gets Sounds Younger On The Rip Tide

HuffingtonPost.com | Theo Spielberg | Posted 10.15.2011

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When Zach Condon arrived in 2006 with his debut album Gulag Orkestar, he presented pretty much a fully formed musical vision, however left-field it wa...

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Sex, Murder and Videotape From the Middle East

Betwa Sharma | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Iran, Henri Pharon, Artists, Lebanon, Beirut, Carlton Hotel, Karol Schayer, Antinormanybody, Arts News
Betwa Sharma

The 28-year-old artist was afraid of the consequences, but this is her portrayal of Iranian women placing men's sexual needs above their own and eventually surrendering into a relationship of toleration.

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Lebanese Information Minister Urges Self-Censorship as Draft Media Law Languishes in Parliamentx

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 10.01.2011

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Magda Abu-Fadil

Lebanon's information minister wants the media to exercise self-censorship to promote stability in a highly sectarian and politicized country despite ...

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Andy Samberg Hosts Shark Week, Apes Attack And More

Posted 10.01.2011

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July 31 - August 6 Shark Week! We felt that deserved an exclamation. Sunday marked the first day of this yearly event on the Discovery Channel. Thi...

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Beirut's 'Santa Fe' Is Familiar Territory

Posted 09.28.2011

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We've entered familiar Beirut territory on "Santa Fe," and no more so than for frontman Zach Condon, who hails from the city. The track doesn't break ...

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U.N. Court Issues Indictment Over Lebanese Premier's 2005 Assassination

AP | BASSEM MROUE and ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 08.30.2011

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BEIRUT — A high-ranking Hezbollah militant linked to the 1983 truck bombings at the U.S. and French embassies in Kuwait was among four people in...

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Skirmishes in Syria's Information War

Patrick Galey | Posted 08.27.2011

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Patrick Galey

Rami Nakhle is one of the more prominent dissidents currently ensconced in Beirut. Using Twitter, he helps disseminate information about the uprising though he was once, like most, a supporter of the regime in Damascus.

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Cool Idea: Musicians Turn Abandoned Buildings Into Recording Studios

Greg Mitchell | Posted 08.27.2011

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Greg Mitchell

I was happy to hear an NPR feature this weekend on Mason Jar Music, a new collective of young producers/musicians in Brooklyn, who have their own twist on getting access to abandoned buildings and recording and filming there.

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