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Resigned to realities

On Mikati’s resignation for the Executive For Mikati, premiership had become untenable By Moe Ali Nayel on March 23, 2013 Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced his resignation Friday evening, thereby dissolving the current government. Mikati must now present a written resignation to President Michel Sleiman; according to the constitution, his resignation announced from the Serail is still considered political, and therefore must take official status, … Continue reading Resigned to realities

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Lebanon: SCC Protest

“Lets call it a revolution, O my people” At 10am teachers and students decided this would not be just another manic Monday: they took to the streets turning them into a country-wide classroom with the kick-off of The Syndicate Coordination Committee open-ended strike and demonstrations. This is the second week of teachers’ protests and this one was on the steps of the Central Bank followed … Continue reading Lebanon: SCC Protest

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Panic in Hamra

Momentary panic fell upon Makdissi street Hamra. Around 5 pm today two men parked their car in the middle of the intersection at Marble Tower hotel and took off running. On the busy intersection people panicked and they too left their cars and took off running. A bystander told me “there might be a bomb in the car lets get inside the shop before it … Continue reading Panic in Hamra

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Lebanon’s frigid, deadly Russian bride

  A month after the storm, state has done little to address failings By Moe Ali Nayel on February 05, 2013 It was a Saturday night when the temperature dropped. Beirut’s skies condensed with the thick gray clouds of January. Talk of wild weather started to snowball off the tongues of Beirutis. Bridges, buildings, highways and walls collapsed, floods reached peoples’ beds, blackouts affecting the whole … Continue reading Lebanon’s frigid, deadly Russian bride

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