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Barak will withdraw next year from Lebanon
The Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has stated that the next Hebrew year will witness the Israeli army outside the security zone in South Lebanon and deployed along the international borders.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/11/1999

Lebanese-Italian relations highlighted
Lebanon-Italy, Politics, 9/11/1999

Barak: Withdrawal from Lebanon before July 7, 2000
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/11/1999

Illiteracy in the Arab world
Illiteracy in the Arab states is still a persistent problem, where the number of illiterate among adults above 15 year old is 65 million, representing a percentage of 43% (32% among men and 56% among women).
Regional-Lebanon, Education, 9/10/1999

Continued Israeli bombardment and new resistance operation
The Israeli occupation forces on Thursday continued their bombardment of areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon, and the Lebanese resistance, in retaliation attacked a position of the Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army militia, scoring direct hits.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/10/1999

King Abdullah to visit Lebanon on Monday
Lebanon-Jordan, Politics, 9/9/1999

Al-Assad exchanges views with Lahoud
Syrian President Hafez al-Assad on Tuesday received a telephone call from Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, during which views were exchanged on the current conditions, evaluation of these conditions and contacts made recently.
Lebanon-Syria, Politics, 9/9/1999

Sheikh Fadlallah receives treatment in Beirut
Lebanon, People, 9/9/1999

General strike by Lebanese physicians
More than one thousand physicians from the hospitals of the capital Beirut and other areas rallied in their white uniforms at al-Najmah square.
Lebanon, Politics, 9/9/1999

Israel continues attacks against south Lebanon
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday continued their attacks against areas adjacent to the occupied part of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/9/1999

Lebanese minister: Albright's visit to Syria, Lebanon were exploratory
Lebanese Minister of Posts and Telecommunications Issam Naaman said the visit of US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to Syria and Beirut was an exploratory one, during which Albright called for negotiations on the Lebanese - Syrian tracks.
Lebanon, Politics, 9/8/1999

Understanding committee condemns Israeli violation
The April Understanding Monitoring Committee on Tuesday condemned the Israeli attack against Lababa town in the western Bekaa, which resulted in the deaths of two citizens and injuries to another five. Several houses were damaged.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/8/1999

Israel continues bombardment of south Lebanon
The Lebanese resistance on Monday night attacked the Sujoud and al-Debsheh positions of the Israeli forces and their militia allies in the central sector of south Lebanon.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/8/1999

Hizbullah denies responsibility for exploding Jewish firms
The Lebanese Hizbullah Party on Tuesday denied that it had exploded Israeli embassy in Argentina at the beginning of the 1990s and accused the US of fabricating accusations.
Lebanon-Argentina, Politics, 9/8/1999

Lebanese physicians observe strike today
The chairman of the Lebanese Dentists Union announced on Tuesday that some 8,000 doctors will observe today a strike in opposition to the release of a military judicial sentence against three civilian physicians under charges of "neglect," in the death of a military man.
Lebanon, Judicial, 9/8/1999

Lebanese prime minister and Albright's statements
Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss has asserted that US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright informed him at the end of the talks she held with him in Beirut that resuming Lebanese, Syrian and Israeli negotiations is still premature.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 9/7/1999

Lebanese president returns home
Lebanon, Politics, 9/7/1999

Committee meets on Israel's violations of understanding provisions
The April Understanding monitoring committee on Monday started its meeting at the headquarters of UNIFIL in the Lebanese border town of al-Naqoura.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/7/1999

Lebanese resistance escalated
The Israeli occupation forces on Monday reinforced their positions in the occupied area of Hasbaya in the eastern sector of south Lebanon. Lebanese security sources said the Israeli forces deployed into Hasbaya during the past hours military reinforcements, including Merkava tanks and some 70 soldiers.
Lebanon-Israel, Military, 9/7/1999

April Understanding committee meets today on Lebanese complaints
The April Understanding Monitoring Committee today held a meeting at the headquarters of UNIFIL in the Lebanese border town of al-Naqoura to discuss several Lebanese complaints about Israeli attacks that targeted populated areas in the towns of south Lebanon and its western Bekaa, especially the towns of al-Mansouri and Libaya which resulted in the deaths of two citizens and the wounding of others.
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 9/6/1999

Hizbullah rejects Albright's statements
An official source in the Hizbullah party on Sunday in Beirut criticized statements made by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Beirut on Saturday night.
Lebanon-USA, Politics, 9/6/1999

Lebanese president for a just, durable peace
President Emile Lahoud of Lebanon has asserted that a just and comprehensive peace in the Middle East will not be attainable unless talks are resumed from the point where they broke off in 1996 and on the ground of principles agreed upon in the Madrid Conference.
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 9/6/1999

Beirut to host next Francophone summit meeting
The secretary general for the group of French-speaking states (the Francophonic states), Butrous Butrous Ghali said that the Lebanese capital, Beirut, will host the next summit meeting of the group in the year 2001.
Lebanon-International, Culture, 9/6/1999


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