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• Israel warplanes break sound barrier over Lebanon

  - 2008-09-03

  TYRE, Lebanon AFP — Six Israeli jets flew over south Lebanon and broke the sound barrier twice over the port city of Tyre on Wednesday, a security official said. "Six Israeli warplanes flew all over southern Lebanon and the city of Tyre at low altitude for more than an...

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• Imam killed in Lebanon village gunfight

  - 2008-08-31

  AKKAR, Lebanon AFP — An imam was killed and five people wounded in a gunbattle between rival communities in a village in northern Lebanon on Sunday, a security official said. The shooting erupted between Sunni Muslims and Alawites in the village of Sheikhlar in the northern region of Akkar,...

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• Hezbollah blamed for deadly Lebanon helicopter downing

  - 2008-08-29

  BEIRUT AFP — The finger of blame was being pointed at Lebanon's Shiite Muslim Hezbollah movement on Friday over the downing of an military helicopter that left an army officer dead. First Lieutenant Samer Hanna, 25, was killed when his helicopter was hit by gunfire on Thursday during a...

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• Lebanon names new army chief

  - 2008-08-29

  BEIRUT AFP — General Jean Kahwaji was on Friday appointed chief of the Lebanese army to replace Michel Sleiman, who was elected president in May, Information Minister Tareq Mitri announced. "The Council of Ministers decided to appoint General Jean Kahwaji to the post of chief of the Lebanese army,"...

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• Lebanon issues arrest warrant for Kadhafi over missing imam

  - 2008-08-27

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanon has issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi over the disappearance 30 years ago of a senior Shiite Muslim cleric after a visit to Libya, officials said on Wednesday. Kadhafi was also indicted for allegedly "inciting the abduction" of Imam Mussa Sadr, the...

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• Jailed officer sues ex-UN investigator in Hariri murder probe

  - 2008-08-27

  BEIRUT AFP — A former Lebanese security chief detained over the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri is suing a former UN investigator in the case, his lawyer said on Wednesday. General Jamil Sayyed, the former head of the general security department, filed the lawsuit in France against Detlev Mehlis,...

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• Palestinian president to visit Lebanon

  - 2008-08-24

  BEIRUT AFP — Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will begin a two-day visit to Lebanon on Thursday, a government official said on Sunday. "The visit has two aspects to it. It will address Lebanese-Palestinian relations and inter-Palestinian relations," the official told AFP of the country's large refugee community. Abbas,...

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• Lebanon dismisses Israeli warnings over Hezbollah

  - 2008-08-21

  BEIRUT AFP — Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salukh dismissed as "ravings" on Thursday Israeli threats to target the country's civilian infrastructure if the government gives greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah. "Who says the government is giving legitimacy to Hezbollah? ... These are just ravings conjured up...

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• Israel warns Lebanon to keep distance from Hezbollah

  - 2008-08-20

  JERUSALEM AFP — Israel has warned the Lebanese government against giving greater legitimacy to the Shiite militant group Hezbollah, saying it would make the entire country a target in any future war. "The moment the Lebanese government confers legitimacy on Hezbollah, it must understand that the entire Lebanese state...

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• Lebanese army opens fire after bomb thrown in Tripoli

  - 2008-08-17

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon AFP — The Lebanese army opened fire early Monday after a homemade bomb was thrown in an area of the northern city of Tripoli that has seen bloody clashes since May between two rival factions, an army spokesman told AFP. "The army fired at the place from...

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