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Lebanese broadcasters pull plug
As some radio and television stations that did not receive licensing at the last cabinet session began to go off the air, media executives were preparing for the next round of lobbying
Lebanon, Entertainment, 7/25/1997

More militiamen wounded in south Lebannon
"The Islamic resistance movement announces that its fighters detonated a bomb on the Kfarhouna-Jezzine road, inflicting many casualities and destroying one vehicle," a Hizbullah statement said.
Lebanon, Military, 7/25/1997

Appointments soon, says justice minister
Lebanese justice minister Bahij Tabbara pledged that the cabinet will fill empty judicial positions before the end of September but did not set a deadline for approving allowances for judges.
Lebanon, Judicial, 7/24/1997

Hizbullah-dominated TV to continue broadcasting
The government took a surprise decision to wind up the audio-visual media issue by granting licenses to Hizbullah-dominated Lebanese Media Group (LMG) television as well as eight other radio stations.
Lebanon, Business, 7/24/1997

American Tamraz going to prison, if caught
The Lebanese military court sentenced fugitive Lebanese-American Roger Tamraz and three accomplices to various prison terms after pronouncing them guilty.
Lebanon, Politics, 7/24/1997

Ban on petrol tankers angers owners
The Lebanese association of petrol station owners called on officials to reverse decisions on tankers that pose a public hazard.
Lebanon, Business, 7/24/1997

Gun sellers strike over hunting ban
A one-day strike will be held in Lebanon on July 30 by gun merchants who claim that the two-year-old ban on hunting has hit their profits, an announcement said.
Lebanon, Business, 7/24/1997

Planned Lebanese copyright law may double computer prices
Computer merchants warned that the cost of original software would have to be passed on to the consumer, increasing the already high price of the machines.
Lebanon, Business, 7/22/1997

Campaign focuses on sensuality
An advertising campaign for condoms in Lebanon has done away with traditional safe sex warning in favor of a message about sensuality.
Lebanon, Business, 7/22/1997

Lebanon: bond would be last for now
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said on July 21, Lebanon would have no need for new foreign borrowing in the near future if his proposed 1 billion US dollar bond issue to fund emergency social spending was approved.
Lebanon, Economics, 7/22/1997

Contract
Soccer midfielder Reda Aal of the popular Al-Ahli club is said to have secretly signed a contract to play for the Lebanese soccer team Al-Ansar for 1,500 US dollars a month.
Lebanon, Sports, 7/21/1997

Israelis shell Lebanese areas
Israeli occupation troops in Zaffata on July 20 morning used artillery to bombard the Sajd mountain and Al Zahrani river bed.
Israel-Lebanon, Local, 7/21/1997

Shiites have no plans to create separate state
Higher Shiite council chief Sheikh Mohammed Mahdi Shamsdeen said on July 17 that the Shiites in Lebanon had no plans for a separate state, adding that they favored the concept of a modem, secular nation.
Lebanon, 7/21/1997

Hrawi will not upset Gulf states for sake of Baghdad
Lebanese President Elias Hrawi said on July 17 that Lebanon's crucial economic ties with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia were the reason for barring Iraqi athletes from the Pan-Arab Games, while scolding other Gulf countries for failing to deliver promised funds.
Lebanon, Economics, 7/21/1997


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