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To Qana with Love
Southerners are accustomed to all these things that would create pain, sorrow and joy at the same time. Amidst the scorched land, there is always hope of salvation and freedom. Under a sky raining bombs and deaths down on them, Lebanese farmers never lose faith in rainy seasons of flowers and fruits.
Lebanon, Essay, 8/23/1997

Unification of customs duties between Lebanon and Syria
Lebanese Industrialists Association President Sarraf said that the August 20 agreement to proceed gradually with customs unification would help exports.
Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 8/22/1997

Hizbullah and Unifil predict calm in the South
A Hizbullah official and the spokesman of the UN peacekeeping force in the South met and discussed tensions in the area and the grievances of Lebanese employees with the force.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/22/1997

Arab League condemns Israeli aggression against Sidon
Secretary General of the Arab League, Dr. Esmat Abdel-Maguid, condemned yesterday the savage Israeli shelling of Sidon civilians, in south Lebanon, early this week.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/22/1997

Wadad Hussien free from Khiam jail
Hussien was abducted a month and half ago and detained at Khiam jail, controlled by Israel's allied South Lebanon Army.
Lebanon, Local, 8/22/1997

Medics welcome tranquilizer ban
The Lebanese Association of Physicians welcomed a decision by the Ministry of Health banning the sale of all tranquilizers without a prescription.
Lebanon, Medicine, 8/22/1997

Parties make effort to calm down the situation in Lebanon
The Five Nations Committee meets today for the third consecutive day at the Unifil headquarters in Naqura.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/22/1997

Lebanese leaders try to reassure people
Lebanese citizens are extremely anxious about the situation; they fear the worst, but Lebanese President Hrawi and Prime Minister Hariri seems less pessimistic about the future.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/21/1997

US extradition request made for Geagea's accomplice
The state prosecutor completed a formal request for the extradition from the United States of a Lebanese fugitive wanted for involvement in the 1990 killing of Christian leader Dany Chammoun
Lebanon, International, 8/21/1997

Strange circular objects in Bekaa sky
Alarmed residents of the Bekaa reported seeing strange circular objects in the sky.
Lebanon, Military, 8/21/1997

American fund to the agricultural Lebanese sector
Fakhoury announced an agreement with American officials to provide Lebanon with at least 10 million US dollars in funding for various agricultural projects next year.
Lebanon, Agriculture, 8/21/1997

Sharon advises economic destruction of Lebanon; Hariri calls Israel a terrorist state
Four Israeli warplanes raided Lebanon and fired rockets at the area of Jenata in Bekaa valley near Baalbek, wounding four civilians and causing damages.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/21/1997

Troubles with Israel are the main concern
Hrawi started the session by accusing Israel of "heightening tension in the region and trying to disturb the internal situation in the country."
Lebanon, Politics, 8/21/1997

In response to Israeli shelling of Sidon: Katyushas bombard north Israel
Hizbollah fighters yesterday attacked north Israel and the occupied border strip with 80 Katyusha rockets in response to Israeli shelling.
Lebanon, Military, 8/20/1997

Sidon residents rise in protest after attack
Six civilians killed by Israeli attacks on Sidon were mourned yesterday in a huge procession that carried the victims' coffins wrapped in green Islamic flags and burned the Israeli flag.
Lebanon, Local, 8/20/1997

Hrawi condemns Sidon massacre
Lebanese president Elias Hrawi has condemned the massacre committed by the Israeli-backed SLA against civilian targets in Sidon saying "what has taken place in Sidon is part of an incessant plot concocted against Lebanon.".
Lebanon, Politics, 8/20/1997

Israelis continue aggression against Lebanon
Israeli occupation troops continued to pound areas adjacent to the occupied border strip of south Lebanon.
Lebanon, Military, 8/20/1997

Joint Lebanon-Syria meeting yeilds trade deals
The two sides agreed to freely exchange domestic, industrial and agricultural products, and exchanging expertise concerning the facilitation of administrative measures.
Lebanon-Syria, Economics, 8/20/1997

Death toll reaches nine in bloodiest day since Grapes of Wrath
In the bloodiest day of violence since last year's Israeli "Grapes of Wrath" onslaught, nine Lebanese civilians were killed and up to 41 wounded, catapulting the South once again to the center stage of the Middle East conflict.
Lebanon, Military, 8/19/1997

Security to be tightened at Beirut airport
The president of the international Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), Assad Kotaite, arrived in Lebanon with a plan to restructure security at Beirut Airport to satisfy complaints by the US Federal Aviation Authority.
Lebanon, Local, 8/18/1997

Lebanon resistance forces attack Israeli position
The Lebanese national resistance said that one of its support units shelled a concentration of Israeli military vehicles inside the Al Salfeh position in the occupied part of South Lebanon.
Lebanon, Military, 8/18/1997

Toufeili's protests weaken the resistance
Hizbullah declared that protest calls by Sheikh Sobhi Toufeili threaten to produce conflict with the government at a time when the resistance should be concentrating on the Israeli threat.
Lebanon, Politics, 8/18/1997


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