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• SABRA AND SHATILA REVISITED

  
  Desertpeace — Authority: 555
  The smell of misery and the feeling of hope By Mazin Qumsiyeh, PhD I have not been to Beirut since I was five years old (but I do remember some things of it) and I was a bit nervous since much has happened in the decades since.  Lebanon and Palestine together with Jordan and Syria have always ...
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• Executive at Central Bank Flee to Brazil with LL2 Billion

  
  The Ouwet Front: A Lebanese Forces Blog — Authority: 136
  Na3eeman Riad Salameh From Naharnet:The Central Bank clamors over a scandal of nearly LL 2 billion by the key managers, who said he fled to BrazilAn executive at Lebanon’s Central Bank has fled to Brazil with LL 2 billion, the daily Al-Akbar said on Friday.It identified the executive only by his initials, M.D. ...
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• District 3 football playoffs - Round 1 notes

  
  VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX — Authority: 138
  And then there were six … Wilson, Penn Manor, Manheim Central, Cocalico, Conestoga Valley and Lancaster Catholic made it through on the first night of the District 3 football playoffs. Wilson , the Section 1 champ and reigning District 3 Quad-A champ, rolled over York High 31-7 behind junior QB Zach Zweizig , ...
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• Robson gets first taste of Asian Cup action

  
  Soccer News Info — Authority: 156
  Former England captain Bryan Robson gets his first taste of Asian Cup football on Saturday when Thailand travel to Singapore for a must win qualifying clash against their Southeast Asian neighbour. It is one of seven matches being played as the race to Qatar in 2011 heats up, with another round of games next ...
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• Campus Elections in Lebanon Mirror Society’s Politics

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 911
  The results of student council elections in Lebanon are seen as crucial indexes of a party’s overall popularity and routinely make the front pages of national newspapers.
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• A Facebook Group Takes On Marriage (and God) in the Middle East

  
  gnovis - Georgetown University's Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT) — Authority: 126
  “We are witnessing a fundamental change in how individuals can interact with their democracy and experience their role as citizens.  Ideal citizens need not be seen purely as trying to inform themselves about what others have found, so that they can vote intelligently.  They need not be limited to reading the ...
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• Assad in Paris

  
  Syria Comment — Authority: 535
  CNN: Syria’s Assad hopeful on Israel talks 2009-11-13 Syrian President Bashar Assad says peace talks with Israel could resume if the Jewish state showed willingness to fully engage in the process. “This peace process cannot only be relaunched by one party. Syria wants peace and we have a mediator, Turkey, which ...
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• Reinhart’s L-L League football awards

  
  VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX — Authority: 138
  Roll out the red carpet, cue the orchestra and pop some corn … It’s time for my L-L League football awards. These award-winners are based on the 10-week regular season, and were selected based on my observations. Pull up a chair, y’all … SECTION 1 GAME OF THE YEAR : Wilson 24, Penn Manor 20 ...
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• Lebanon’s Unstable Equilibrium

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  Mona Yacoubian with USIP has published a new work (PDF) entitled “Lebanon’s Unstable Equilibrium.”  She writes that despite the newly formed unity government there remains sectarian animosity and mounting tensions with Israel that could undermine Lebanon’s fragile peace.  In the paper she argues that ...
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• Book Notes - Hanan Al-Shaykh ("The Locust and the Bird: My Mothers Story")

  
  Largehearted Boy — Authority: 143
  In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Hanan Al-Shaykhs The Locust and The Bird is a unique memoir, a mothers life written by her estranged daughter, told in the first person. Not many authors could pull this off, but ...
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• عن الرحيل وشياطين اخرى

  
  Muzna's Stories — Authority: 110
  شيطانان يتحكمان بتحولاتنا، احدهما يدعى الطموح، والآخر الحبحكاية الراعي والملك، لا فونتين اسابيع قبل رحيلي، كنت قد شبهت فترة رحيلي بدخولي نفق، مظلم، ادرك ان نهايته ليست ...
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• The Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol comes to Clarksville

  
  Clarksville, TN Online — Authority: 547
  On Thursday morning the Publishers Clearing House Prize Patrol came to town. They were looking for Mrs. Cindy Milliron. After picking up a dozen roses, and a big bundle of balloons from Four Seasons Florist on Wilma Rudolph Blvd, we loaded up and headed to her  home. The prize is part of a nationwide blitz, with ...
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• Hizbullah Commemorates "Day of the Martyr," Recognizes Ahmad Qassir

  
  ?????? ?? ????? Views from the Occident — Authority:
  The Lebanese Shii party Hizbullah (Hezbollah) commemorated the "Day of the Martyr" yesterday, specifically singling out Ahmad Qassir, a young man who the party considers to be one of its earliest martyrs. Hizbullah was formed by local like-minded groups in southern Lebanon between 1982 and 1985 in response to the ...
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• Events

  
  Democracy Digest — Authority: 435
  November 16, 2009. U.S. Private and Non-U.S. Funding of Media Development, featuring: Anne Nelson, Author, Experimentation and Evolution in Private U.S. Funding of Media Development; Mary Myers, Author, Funding for Media Development by Major Donors Outside the United States. With comments by: Marjorie Rouse, Internews ...
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• Inside Line on Hamas & Hezbollah: Their Thoughts on Obama, Unity Governments, & Oprah

  
  Enduring America — Authority: 626
  Middle East Inside Line: Hezbollah Leader Blasts Obama Receive our latest updates by email or RSS SUBSCRIBE TO OUR FEED Buy Us A Cup of Coffee? Help Enduring America Expand Its Coverage and Analysis Sharmine Narwani, writing for The Huffington Post , talks to Hamas and Hezbollah leaders ...
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• Need to Cooperate in Lebanon

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  The Daily Star  reports that Senior Shiite cleric Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah is  calling  for the new Lebanese government to protect peace and economic security.  Hezbollah’s Secretary General S ayyed Hassan Nasrallah is also  asking  for greater cooperation among the Arab and Islamic states to adopt ...
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• Women’s Rights in the Middle East

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 487
  In the wake of four suicides by Ethiopian domestic workers,  Dalila Mahdawi  has  put out a call  in the Guardian that Lebanon and the region as a whole must begin to protect the rights of migrant workers.  She notes that domestic workers are often overworked and abused by their employers while the states pay ...
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• District 3 football playoffs - the picks

  
  VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX — Authority: 138
  LAST WEEK : 9-3. OVERALL : 104-34. Keith’s playoff picks from The Huddle Blog here . Full capsule previews for first-round games here . Audio Podcast preview for first-round games here . Keith’s playoff breakdown from The Huddle Blog here . Oh yes, the picks. You didn’t think I’d stop predicting ...
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• FINAL L-L QB Club Players of the Week

  
  VIEW FROM THE PRESS BOX — Authority: 138
  The final L-L League Quarterback Club Player of the Weeks choices are hot off the presses. Here are the Club’s Week 10 selections … SECTION 1 BACK OF THE WEEK – Reading RB Jason Stewart had 22 carries for 114 yards and a TD run and he caught five passes for 56 yards in the Red Knights’ 14-10 ...
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