Fun Reads about Beirut For Today

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Tahkik on Akkar And The Indonesian Shipwreck

The little kid's answer on Minute 22:27 is heartbreaking This week's report by Claude Hindi sheds the light once again on the underdeveloped and impoverished areas in Akkar and the Indonesian ferry tragedy that killed 34 Lebanese, the majority being from Akkar. If you were still wondering what made these Lebanese sell everything they have and risk their lives to go to Australia, you won't after watching this episode from Tahkik.
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Hammana Residents Protest Against Al-Qaisamani Dam Project

12 years ago
Picture from NowLebanon The protest took place 10 days ago on the Dahr al-Baidar international highway at the Falougha intersection and as usual, the reports coming from the residents and the ministry are conflicting. In ...
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What’s Happening To The Internet In Lebanon Tomorrow?

12 years ago
Update: No Internet Outage tomorrow. Read more [Here]. Lebanon might be facing yet another internet crisis next week as we might be cut off the Consortium IMEWE cable after having failed to pay our dues. ...
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Qatar removes Zinedine Zidane’s headbutt statue

12 years ago
It looks like a sex position now lol The statue was removed because it was slammed as being an anti-Islam idolization. Qatar has removed a statue depicting a headbutt attack by footballer Zinedine Zidane following ...
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Sexy Nun Halloween Costume Confiscated in Zouk Mikhael

12 years ago
Picture from Kataeb.org LBCI reported earlier that Halloween costumes were confiscated by the General Security in Zouk Mikhael after they were found offensive and disrespectful to Christianity. Kataeb posted a picture showing the costume in ...
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Eva Ghazal, 13 years old, Kidnapped and Forced in to Marriage in Bekaa

12 years ago
[YouTube] The Sheikh who approved the marriage should be put in prison, as well as the sick man who took the girl from her family. Let’s see if the authorities will work on freeing the ...
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October 26th Women Driving Campaign in KSA Dropped; Website Hacked

12 years ago
Saudi Women were planning to hold a drive-in today to try and drop the ban against women driving (Yes you heard me right driving!) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but it was cancelled after ...
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CNN Was Right About Tripoli After All

12 years ago
[Link] Back in August 2011, CNN was covering the Libyan war against Ghaddafi and showed the map of Tripoli in Lebanon instead of Libya. Of course it went viral and everyone was laughing at the ...
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Here we go again: Beirut Among The 28 Official Finalists For The New7Wonders Cities

12 years ago
I hope we will not go through this experience again and waste money over this scam. Jeita already lost in the N7W and 10 million dollars were wasted. In case you forget about this competition, ...
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