Lebanon - Hard News
'Hard News' contains Dahr Jamail's published news reports regarding the Middle East.
May 08, 2007
Refugees Learn to Substitute Government
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, May 2 (IPS) - The influx of refugees from Palestinian areas and the inability of the government to do much for them has strengthened a unique NGO providing essential services.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:07 AM
May 07, 2007
Rebuilding Resistance
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, May 7 (IPS) - As reconstruction resumes in the heavily bombed southern Beirut district Dahiyeh, the signs are evident of a rebuilding of resistance against Israel and the U.S.-backed government, largely by way of increased support for Hezbollah.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 11:21 AM
April 27, 2007
Tensions Run High After Sunni Killings
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Apr 27 (IPS) - The killings of two pro-government Sunni Muslims has raised tensions across Lebanon. Rival political leaders have called for calm amidst fear that the killings could spark civil strife.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 09:58 PM
One Unexploded Bomb Per Person
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
SRIFA, Southern Lebanon, Apr 27 (IPS) - Close to a million unexploded bombs are estimated to litter southern Lebanon, according to UN forces engaged in the hazardous task of removing them.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 10:54 AM
April 26, 2007
Political Loyalties Being Rebuilt
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
AITA ECH CHAAB, Apr 26 (IPS) - People in this southern Lebanese village are rebuilding their destroyed houses with renewed vigour. And, with renewed loyalties to a combination of Hezbollah, Qatar and Iran.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 07:17 AM
April 25, 2007
This Protest Won't Go Away
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Apr 25 (IPS) - Lebanon is caught in political gridlock in the face of sustained opposition to the U.S.-backed government.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 03:45 PM
April 23, 2007
Tempers Rise Over Reconstruction
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BINT JBAIL, Apr 23 (IPS) - Eight months after Israeli attacks left devastation across many villages in southern Lebanon, reconstruction comes with mounting anger towards both Israel and the central Lebanese government.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 07:19 PM
December 31, 2006
Lebanon Destroyed, Destabilised, Desperate for Change
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail*
BEIRUT, Dec. 31 (IPS) - The 34-day war between Israel and Hezbollah has left Lebanon heavily damaged and politically destabilised, with hopes for a better future only dimming as the New Year approaches.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:38 PM
August 07, 2006
Hezbollah Rides a New Popularity
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (IPS) - As the war in Lebanon approaches the one-month mark, and amid the destruction of much of Lebanon, Hezbollah appears to be gaining strength within the country and around the Arab world.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 01:18 PM
August 05, 2006
A City Lives On With Its Ill-Fated Charm
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Aug 5 (IPS) - The poster on the corniche near the American University campus in Beirut has become justly well known. It shows a Muslim woman in full black abaya walking next to a slender woman in a bikini. Together, they're the face of Beirut.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:55 PM
August 01, 2006
Lebanese Red Cross Repeatedly Targeted
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
TYRE, Aug 1 (IPS) - Israeli warplanes are attacking the Lebanese Red Cross repeatedly, members of the medical aid group say.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:34 PM
'No Hezbollah Rockets Fired from Qana'
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
QANA, Aug 1 (IPS) - Red Cross workers and residents of Qana, where Israeli bombing killed at least 60 civilians, have told IPS that no Hezbollah rockets were launched from the city before the Israeli air strike.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:32 PM
July 30, 2006
"If You Haven't Left, You're Hezbollah"
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
SIDON, Lebanon, Jul 30 (IPS) - The Israeli attack on Qana has taken the biggest toll of the war, but it is only one of countless lethal attacks on civilians in Lebanon.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 10:07 PM
July 29, 2006
Oil Spill Hits Lebanon
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BYBLOS, Lebanon, Jul 29 (IPS) - Israeli air strikes on an electricity plant have released oil that has now spread over much of Lebanon's coastline.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 05:27 PM
July 28, 2006
Israelis Accused of Using Illegal Weapons
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 28 (IPS) - The Israeli military is using illegal weapons against civilians in southern Lebanon, according to several reports.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:55 PM
Death Toll Could Be Twice the Official Figure
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 28 (IPS) - Lebanese doctors, aid workers and refugees are all reporting that the official number of dead in Lebanon is far lower than the actual.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:40 PM
July 27, 2006
Fractured Govt Leads Devastated Country
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 27 (IPS) - Amidst the rapidly worsening situation in Lebanon, the government finds itself too weak and divided to deal either with the Israel or with Hezbollah.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 12:59 PM
July 26, 2006
Hezbollah Could Be Gaining Strength
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 26 (IPS) - The continuing Israeli bombing of south Lebanon and south Beirut might just have strengthened the Hezbollah.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:39 PM
Crisis Brings Rice, Not Peace
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 26 (IPS) - U.S. secretary of state Condoleezza Rice has come and gone, but the conflict in Lebanon continues. Most Lebanese believe she had little to say for them through her talks with leaders of the region.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 04:28 PM
July 25, 2006
Refugees Have Only Their Anger
Inter Press Service
Dahr Jamail
BEIRUT, Jul 25 (IPS) - Among hundreds of thousands of refugees scattered across city parks, schools and abandoned buildings in Beirut, new and chilling words have been doing the rounds.
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Posted by Dahr_Jamail at 08:58 PM
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