Human Rights/Development
Despair, trauma, discontent among Nahr al-Bared's impoverished Palestinians
Submitted by webmaster on Tue, 2008-09-30 22:13.|
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NAHR AL-BARED (IRIN) - They look like cargo crates: long lines of prefabricated steel units, stacked two high, set on the edge of the ruined Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon. READ MORE »
"Incoherent" agreement spells the way forward
Submitted by webmaster on Wed, 2008-09-24 22:19.|
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BEIRUT (IPS) - The Lebanese unity government has finally came to terms with its ministerial declaration after weeks of political haggling. READ MORE »
Displaced Allawis find little relief in impoverished north
Submitted by webmaster on Wed, 2008-08-06 20:08.|
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HISA, AKKAR (IRIN) - They may have been uprooted "more than 40 times" over the years since Lebanon's Civil War began in 1975, but Hussein Mohammed and his family say they have rarely felt as threatened as they do today. READ MORE »
Months after Qatar talks, fighting continues in northern Lebanon
Submitted by webmaster on Wed, 2008-07-30 15:39.|
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TRIPOLI, LEBANON (IRIN) - A few hours after evacuating their bullet-riddled three bedroom flat on the street which divides Sunnis from Shia Allawis in Tripoli's poorest neighborhood, Khaled Mansour and his new wife wer READ MORE »
Women, non-Lebanese children get raw deal
Submitted by webmaster on Thu, 2008-07-24 19:00.|
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BEIRUT (IRIN) - Thousands of children in Lebanon are denied full access to education, healthcare and residency because they do not have Lebanese citizenship. READ MORE »
