Lebanon World Heritage sites need repair
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Three UNESCO World Heritage sites in Lebanon, which include some of the Mideast's most significant ancient ruins, are in urgent need of repair after a month of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the U.N. agency said Monday.
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With the Lebanese government mired in political crisis, many of the countryâs institutions are crumbling but the army, battling Islamic militants, is a source of unity.
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The Lebanese people have made remarkable progress rebuilding their small, war-shattered country over the past decade. The economy has grown past the $40 billion mark and Beirut, once known as the Paris of
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A black coat of oil now covers the Lebanese capital's once-beautiful sandy Mediterranean shore, spilled from a power plant that was knocked down by Israeli warplanes two weeks ago.
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A plan to build eight big hotel complexes on a sleepy outcrop of volcanic islands north of Sicily could lose the archipelago its status as a United Nations World Heritage site.
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War-torn Lebanon's historic treasures&#151;including important ruins in the ancient cities of Baalbek and Tyre&#151;emerged from the recent Israel-Hezbollah conflict intact, government officials say.See photos of Lebanon's historic treasures.
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A generation ago, a battle was successfully waged on this rugged island to preserve what was left of its primeval forests, home to giant trees millennia old. Now tourism spawned by this natural heritage is threatening its survival.
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The fighting stopped two weeks ago, but it's still too dangerous for Abdullah Ziaeddine to move back into his war-blasted home, much less start to rebuild. Like hundreds of fields, houses and roads across Lebanon, his yard is littered with unexploded bomblets from an Israeli cluster bomb attack that spewed the small and deadly metal canisters.
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UNITED NATIONS : Lebanon and Syria have not met the demands in last month&#39;s UN Security Council resolution calling for the respect of Lebanese sovereignty, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan said in a new report.
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The task of repairing the damage caused by the grounding of the MSC Napoli is proving complex and difficult.
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BEIRUT -- A racket filled the air outside Mohammed Jassar's shop in a swath of Beirut devastated in this summer's war with Israel. Hammers delivered a cadence to the clamor of bulldozers, saws and drills trying to rebuild. The noise was almost as loud as the invective these days in Lebanese...
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Lebanon's underground music scene sees its own demise in the fading promise of the 'Cedar Revolution'
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Towering above the modern streets and buildings of Irbil, the citadel's narrow alleyways and dusty courtyards stand almost deserted. Its mud-brick houses, built atop layers of ancient civilizations stretching back through millennia, are crumbling.
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A sizable growth in tourism has had a sizable effect on the fragile ecosystem of the GalÃ¡pagos Islands, the globeâs first World Heritage Site.
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There's a lot of waiting and worrying in Lebanon these days. One year after Israel and the Shiite Hezbollah militia went to war, large swaths of Lebanon still lie in ruins and as rival factions struggle for control over the country.
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The Bekaa valley was once better known for bomb-making than wine-making, but Lebanon's vintners are changing that
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Card. Sfeir says Lebanon has become &quot;a toy&quot; in the hands of the regional powers. According to many politicians and observers the existence of the country is at risk.