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Najib
Mar 22, 2019 03:51
Georges was 22 when he was kidnapped as he was on his way to a business meeting in west Beirut on December 30, 1983. Marie looked for him everywhere but never found him. IMM AZIZ DIRAWI was enjoying breakfast with her four sons when militiamen barged into her home. Aziz, Ibrahim, Mansour and Ahmad, aged between 13 and 31 , were taken away. It was 1982, in the midst of the Lebanese civil war. Ms…
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Najib
Mar 21, 2019 01:57
The Mercer 2019 Quality of living report is out and Beirut ranked right after Khartoum and Damascus regionally while Dubai continues to rank highest for quality of living across the Middle East, closely followed by Abu Dhabi . The Mercer report is based on several factors including recreation, housing, economic environment, consumer goods availbility, public services and transport, school and education, medical and health considerations and others. Globally, Vienna topped the ranking for the 10th…
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