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			<title>Lebanon's Hariri vows no surrender to Hezbollah</title>
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			<description>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon&amp;#39;s Sunni Muslim leader Saad  al-Hariri pledged on Tuesday there would be no political  surrender to what he called a...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 01:30:35 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon</title>
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			<description>BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) &amp;mdash; Saudi Arabia sent Iran a sharp warning over Lebanon Tuesday, saying Tehran&amp;#39;s support for Hezbollah will damage its relations with other...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 01:29:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title> Lebanon's Future TV to resume broadcasting after forced closure</title>
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			<description>Beirut - Future Television, which is owned by Lebanese majority leader Saad Hariri, is to resume broadcasting Tuesday afternoon after opposition followers forced the facility...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 16:01:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>International Friends of Lebanon Call for Immediate End to Violence</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12415/2/</link>
			<description>The international  Friends of Lebanon  group called for an immediate end to the violence and long-delayed presidential elections with no pre-conditions.</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:10:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rice Praises Arabs for Rejecting Violence in Lebanon</title>
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			<description>U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday praised Arab countries for rejecting attacks in Lebanon as illegitimate, but acknowledged that the situation here is...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:09:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Bush: We Will Not Allow Lebanon to Fall under Syria, Iran Control</title>
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			<description>U.S. President George warned Iran and Syria that the international community would not allow Lebanon to fall under foreign domination again, as he vowed to...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>France: Hizbullah's Military Victory Doesn't Mean Political Success</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12412/2/</link>
			<description>The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat on Tuesday quoted French sources as saying the government in Paris believed that Hizbullah&amp;#39;s military victory did not entail a political...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:07:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Army Gives Gunmen Deadline to Disarm or Use Force</title>
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			<description>The Lebanese army said it will use force if necessary from Tuesday to disarm gunmen and restore law and order after six days of fighting...</description>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 12:06:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Geagea: No Government Resignation</title>
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			<description>Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Premier Fouad Saniora&amp;#39;s government would not resign and the Hizbullah-led opposition would not achieve any gains by force.</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:14:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Tension Runs High, Sporadic Clashes, No Political Breakthrough</title>
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			<description>Tension escalated in Lebanon as army troops deployed along disengagement lines between opposition and majority supporters in central mountains amidst clashes in the north that...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:13:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>WCCR calls for resistance against Hezbollah terror</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12385/2/</link>
			<description>After the Terrorist attacks waged by Hezbollah in Beirut, and in view of the inaction of the Lebanese Army, allowing terrorists to aggress Lebanon&amp;#39;s civil...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 09:45:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>U.S. Warship Back to Mediterranean Waters</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12382/2/</link>
			<description>A U.S. warship, which was deployed off Lebanon in February amid concern over Beirut&amp;#39;s political crisis, crossed Egypt&amp;#39;s Suez Canal on Sunday on its way...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 08:35:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lahoud holds Hezbollah responsible for Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12376/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut - In a press release issued to the media, former MP Nassib Lahoud held Hezbollah accountable for the recent violence and the security of...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 06:29:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon Death Toll Rises to 42</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12373/2/</link>
			<description>Five days of violence across Lebanon between government and opposition supporters has left 42 people killed, a security official told AFP on Sunday.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:53:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Battles Shift to Mount Lebanon, Moussa Returns to Beirut</title>
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			<description>Government supporters and opponents battled with rockets and machine guns across Mount Lebanon Sunday as Arab League assigned Secretary General Amr Moussa to head to...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:51:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Heavy fighting reported in Lebanon</title>
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			<description>Heavy fighting broke out between pro and anti-government supporters in Lebanon&amp;#39;s central mountains overlooking the capital, sending echoes of gunfire and explosions rolling across Beirut,...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:19:20 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Heavy clashes break out in mountain Lebanon</title>
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			<description>BEIRUT, May 11 (Xinhua) -- Heavy clashes between pro and anti-government supporters broke out Sunday in mountain areas in central Lebanon, local New TV reported.</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 20:18:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Army Takes Over Controversial Government Decisions Calls for Withdrawal of Gunmen</title>
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			<description>The Lebanese Army command decided to maintain Brig. Wafik Shoqeir commander of airport security pending completion of investigation and called for withdrawal of gunmen from...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 20:56:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title> Lebanese chief calls on army to restore order</title>
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			<description>BEIRUT, Lebanon: Prime Minister Fuad Saniora called on the army Saturday to restore law and order across Lebanon and remove gunmen from the streets, accusing...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:16:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>At least two dead in shooting at funeral in Lebanon</title>
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			<description>BEIRUT, May 10 (Reuters) - At least two mourners were killed on Saturday when a gunman fired on a funeral procession for a pro-government supporter...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 16:13:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Silenced the 'Future'</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12351/2/</link>
			<description>Militants of the Lebanese Shiite Hizbullah movement on Friday forced the shutdown of all media operations belonging to the family of majority leader and billionaire...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:52:39 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Controls Beirut, March 14 Says 'Violence Will Not Terrorize Us'</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12350/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah gunmen seized control of key parts of Beirut from Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-backed government Friday, a dramatic show-of-force certain to strengthen the Iranian-allied...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:51:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Day 3: Hizbullah, Amal take West Beirut</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12349/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT: Lebanon&amp;#39;s governing coalition, the March 14 Forces, accused Hizbullah of staging a military coup against the state and said that Hizbullah&amp;#39;s arms have become...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2008 01:45:06 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rome Mulling Evacuation of Italians Who Want to Leave Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12343/2/</link>
			<description>Rome is drawing up an evacuation plan for Italian nationals who want to flee fighting in the Lebanese capital, the ANSA news agency reported, quoting...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:51:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Britain Warns Against Travel to Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12342/2/</link>
			<description>Britain on Friday warned its citizens to avoid traveling to Lebanon after Hizbullah gunmen seized control of west Beirut and the country teetered on the...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:49:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hundreds Try to Flee Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12341/2/</link>
			<description>Hundreds of people flooded Lebanon&amp;#39;s border crossings with Syria on Friday to escape the deadly violence that has shaken the country over the last three...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 20:48:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Beirut Falling into Hizbullah Hands</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12340/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah gunmen took control of large parts of Beirut Friday and forced the closure of MP Saad Hariri&amp;#39;s media outlets in a major confrontation with...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:17:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Shiite gunmen seize control of Beirut neighborhoods</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12338/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) - Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shiite opposition gunmen seize control of several Beirut neighborhoods from their Sunni foes, loyal to the U.S.-backed government.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:23:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>EU Calls for End to Lebanon Fighting, Hizbullah's Disruptive Activities</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12337/2/</link>
			<description>The European Union called late Thursday for an end to the violence in Beirut and for the Hizbullah-led opposition to halt all disruptive activities.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:20:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Fighters Advance in Some Beirut Districts, Occupy MP Ammar Houry's Residence</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12336/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah fighters advanced in Beirut in fierce clashes with Mustaqbal Movement partisans and occupied the apartment of MP Ammar Houry, setting it ablaze.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:19:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>World Closely Monitors Lebanon Situation</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12335/2/</link>
			<description>The international community was closely monitoring the situation in Lebanon after deadly clashes between opposition and pro-government supporters turned Beirut into a war zone.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 09:18:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Clashes in Beirut After Nasrallah Vows to Use Weapons</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12332/2/</link>
			<description>Fierce clashes with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers raged in several Beirut districts shortly after Hizbullah leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed to use weapons to...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 19:10:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon MP: urges government to declare Qlei'at as Int'l Airport</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12324/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut - The Chairman of the of the Public Works and transportation parliamentary Committee MP Mohammad Qabbani, said we do not have a labor strike...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:44:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Geagea: Hizbullah is Another Mahdi Army Militia</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12319/2/</link>
			<description>Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said Wednesday that Hizbullah was  another Mahdi Army  militia fighting the government in the Beirut alleys.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:35:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Beirut Airport Besieged, Hizbullah Heads to Declaring Civil Disobedience</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12318/2/</link>
			<description>Tension went high between Hizbullah and Premier Fouad Saniora&amp;#39;s government on Wednesday as the party besieged Beirut airport and headed to declaring civil disobedience after...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 19:35:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>All sea and air routes blocked as riots paralyze Beirut</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12316/2/</link>
			<description>Supporters of Lebanon&amp;#39;s U.S.-backed government fought gun battles in Beirut on Wednesday with gunmen loyal to the Hezbollah-led opposition, escalating the country&amp;#39;s worst internal crisis...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:59:41 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hezbollah: We are going to open the gates of hell to this government</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12314/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut - Even though the event was supposed to be a labor protest for higher wages, Hezbollah used the event for violence and riots to...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:55:26 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hezbollah declares the Lebanese Army an enemy</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12313/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut, Lebanon - Hezbollah isolated itself further on Wednesday when internal sources revealed that the militia no longer considers the Lebanese Army an ally, claiming...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:54:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Clashes in General Strike in Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12312/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT, Lebanon &amp;mdash; Supporters of the Iranian-backed group Hezbollah, trying to enforce a general strike called by labor unions, clashed with government supporters and blocked...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:48:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hezbollah holding Lebanon hostage, again</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12311/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut - The Hizbullah militia and its supporters spent a good part of the day terrorizing Beirut citizens, blocking major roads, and dumping dirt along...</description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:46:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Clashes erupt in Lebanon as Hezbollah stages labor strike</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12310/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) &amp;mdash; Hezbollah opposition supporters and government backers exchanged gunfire and threw stones Wednesday as a strike by the Shiite militant group paralyzed...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 18:45:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Syria's Intelligence Operate Through Hizbullah Lebanon Communications</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12303/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah has linked its private telephone networks to the Syrian Army&amp;#39;s communications System as well as to Syria&amp;#39;s Mobile telephone network allowing Syrian Intelligence to...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:11:54 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon to probe Hezbollah telephone network</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12302/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT (AFP) &amp;mdash; The Lebanese government said on Tuesday it was launching a judicial probe into a telecommunication network which the militant group Hezbollah had...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:09:46 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>U.S. Confirms Hizbullah Training Iraqi Shiites in Iran</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12301/2/</link>
			<description>Iraqi Shiite extremists are being trained by Hizbullah members in camps near Tehran, a U.S. military spokesman has said, confirming a report by The New...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:04:53 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Vows to Fight Government over Telephone Network</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12300/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah has warned the Lebanese government against  playing with fire  and vowed  tough resistance  against anybody who stands in its way.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:02:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Cabinet Approves Pay Raise, Removes Shqeir, Labels Hizbullah Telephone Network Illegal</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12299/2/</link>
			<description>The Lebanese government approved after a marathon meeting on Tuesday to raise the minimum wage to LL 500,000. It also decided to remove airport security...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 12:25:03 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon's Martyrs</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12289/2/</link>
			<description>Billboards of dead politicians and fighters line Beirut&amp;#39;s streets in a stark reminder that the concept of martyrdom still pervades a Lebanon rife with sectarian...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:25:07 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>March 14, Jamaa Islamiya: Saadiyat Incident Evidence of Hizbullah Expansion</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12288/2/</link>
			<description>The ruling March 14 coalition and the Kharroub branch of Jamaa al-Islamiya attacked Hizbullah, saying the incident that took place in Saadiyat last week was...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:24:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Warns against Messing with Private Telephone Network</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12287/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah said that an illegal telephone network the group had set up was part of the  resistance arms,  and warned the government and...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:15:25 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>March 14: Iranian Ambassador Became High Commissioner Overseeing Creation of Hizbullah State</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12286/2/</link>
			<description>The ruling March 14 coalition warned that Hizbullah&amp;#39;s scheme which is aimed at setting up a state within the state has reached a  decisive...</description>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:14:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Welch: Hizbullah, Others Trying to Tamper with Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12285/2/</link>
			<description>U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs David Welch has accused Hizbullah and elements from different nationalities of trying to tamper with Lebanon.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:13:09 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanese Army, UNIFIL Draw Up Plan to 'Curb' Israeli Violations</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12284/2/</link>
			<description>Lebanese army troops and U.N. peacekeepers deployed in the eastern sector of UNIFIL&amp;#39;s area of operations reportedly drew up a plan aimed at  curbing...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:11:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Five Wounded by Gunfire in Separate Clashes, House Burnt Down</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12283/2/</link>
			<description>Five people were wounded by gunfire in separate overnight clashes in Beirut and east Lebanon and security sources reported Monday that assailants set a house...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 17:08:34 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon's Jumblatt wants ban on Iran flights</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12280/2/</link>
			<description>A leading member of Lebanon&amp;#39;s Western-backed ruling coalition called on Saturday for a ban on flights from Iran to Beirut airport, saying the militant group...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:50:10 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Criticizes Jumblat, Geagea</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12266/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah on Friday criticized socialist leader Walid Jumblat as a  bullhorn  for U.S. President George Bush&amp;#39;s attacks against resistance movements in the Arab...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:34:04 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Moussa Expects Berri-Hariri Meeting, Presidential Election</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12265/2/</link>
			<description>Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa said Friday he has  an impression  that Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:32:57 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Murr Wants Legal Action Against Beirut Airport Reconnoiters</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12264/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut Airport Security commander Brig. Gen. Wafiq Shqeir has informed superiors that he coordinated with Hizbullah to investigate a report about a camera monitoring a...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:32:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Army Sappers Detonate Bomb Near Lebanese Forces Office</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12263/2/</link>
			<description>Army Sappers on Saturday safely detonated an explosive charge planed near the Lebanese Forces office in the town of Byaqout, north of Beirut. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:31:36 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Barak: Hizbullah's Missiles Can Reach Dimona</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12262/2/</link>
			<description>Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned that Hizbullah has  thousands of missiles  that can reach as far as the nuclear site in Dimona.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:31:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Saniora for 'Sound' Relations with Syria</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12261/2/</link>
			<description>Premier Fouad Saniora has called for  the best relations with Syria under the Arab umbrella.  Saniora made the call in an address at...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:30:27 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Jumblat Hammers Hizbullah &quot;Before they March in My Funeral … Or that of Saad Hariri&quot;</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12260/2/</link>
			<description>Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat Accused the Airport Security department of loyalty to Hizbullah, called for banning flights by Iranian jetliners and said the...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 18:29:49 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gemayel: 3 Factors Dominate Lebanon Crisis</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12250/2/</link>
			<description>Former President Amin Gemayel has said three factors dominated the Lebanese crisis and were responsible for blocking presidential elections.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:19:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Rival Lebanese Leaders Set for 1st Talks in Nearly 5 Months</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12249/2/</link>
			<description>Lebanon&amp;#39;s feuding government and opposition leaders are poised to hold their first talks in nearly five months under Arab League auspices on Friday, an aide...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:18:11 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Prides Itself on Being on U.S. Terrorist List</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12248/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah on Friday said it prides itself on being on the United States&amp;#39; terrorist list.  The U.S. administration has no right to give statements...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:17:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Moussa: Persisting Presidential Void is 'Serious' Issue</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12247/2/</link>
			<description>Arab League chief Amr Moussa said Friday the persisting void in the presidential office is a very  serious  issue.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Jumblat: Hizbullah Monitors Beirut Airport, Attack Appears Imminent</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12246/2/</link>
			<description>Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblat warned Thursday against a possible attack on Beirut airport&amp;#39;s runway used by executive jets, saying it is subject to...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:01 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Iranians Suspected of Monitoring Geagea's Residence</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12245/2/</link>
			<description>Three Iranians and a Lebanese man living in Hizbullah-controlled south Beirut were arrested last week on charges of monitoring the residence of Lebanese Forces leader...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 18:15:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Al-Jazeera cameraman due back home from Guantanamo</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12240/2/</link>
			<description>A Sudanese cameraman with the Arab satellite news channel Al-Jazeera is due to be flown home within hours after his release from six years of...</description>
			<category>News - Daily World News</category>
			<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Gemayel: March 14 for 1960 Electoral Law that Secures Proper Christian Representation</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12227/2/</link>
			<description>Former President Amin Gemayel said that the ruling March 14 coalition is not against the qada-based 1960 electoral law, but only after amendments are introduced...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:36:24 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Jumblat Okays 13+10+7 Government with Guarantees</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12226/2/</link>
			<description>Druze leader Walid Jumblat said he favors a 13+10+7 government under the new president, provided that both political camps offer guarantees. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:40 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Ghoson Declares Opposition to Saniora Government</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12225/2/</link>
			<description>Labor Union leader Ghassan Ghoson on Thursday urged workers to bolster ranks for a general strike to demand a pay raise. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:35:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Trad Hamadeh for Unions-Resistance Alliance</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12224/2/</link>
			<description>Trad Hamadeh, the resigned Minister of Labor, on Thursday urged workers to unite with Hizbullah&amp;#39;s resistance to defend rights of the working class. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:34:23 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Communists Demonstrate Against 'Foufou'</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12223/2/</link>
			<description>Hundreds of Lebanese communists protested against inflation on Thursday at a May Day rally organized by the fractured Lebanese communist party, demanding an increase in...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:33:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>4 Amal Members Wounded in Fire Fight, 2 Soldiers by Stones Thrown at Them</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12222/2/</link>
			<description>Four people were wounded when a fight between members of Speaker Nabih Berri&amp;#39;s Amal movement sparked gunfire in Beirut overnight. Two soldiers also were injured...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 17:32:42 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>First Official of Hariri Tribunal Starts Work</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12214/2/</link>
			<description>The first official of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon to take up his functions, Registrar Robin Vincent, has begun his duties as the court...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:56:52 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Cigarette Smugglers Funnel Money to Hizbullah, Hamas, Qaida</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12213/2/</link>
			<description>Cigarette smuggling is generating millions of dollars every year that can be reaching militant groups, including Hizbullah, Hamas and al-Qaida, law enforcement sources said in...</description>
			<category>News - Daily World News</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:56:08 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>One Person Wounded in Inter-Baath Clash</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12212/2/</link>
			<description>Bodyguards of Lebanese Baath Party leader Fayez Shukr fought each other with fire guns, the daily al-Mustaqbal reported Wednesday. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:55:28 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Alloush: March 14 MPs Under Pressure to Elect President by Simple Majority</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12211/2/</link>
			<description>MP Mustafa Alloush on Wednesday said March 14 MPs were under pressure to elect a president by simple majority on May 13 if the Hizbullah-led...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:54:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Aoun: Visiting Syria is Important to Us</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12210/2/</link>
			<description>Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun said Wednesday the Hizbullah-led opposition would not settle for anything  less than full participation in ruling the country....</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53:45 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title> Jamaa Islamiya for Electing President on May 13</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12209/2/</link>
			<description>The Jamaa Islamiya on Wednesday said a parliamentary session scheduled for May 13 should result in electing a president. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:53:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah accuses the majority of rejecting the Berri-Offered Dialogue</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12208/2/</link>
			<description>Hizbullah&amp;#39;s parliamentary bloc on Wednesday accused the parliamentary majority of  flooding  Speaker Nabih Berri&amp;#39;s calls for dialogue with preconditions with the aim of...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:52:38 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Mufti Jouzou Accuses Hizbullah of Armed Invasion, Vows Response if Government Treatment Fails</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12207/2/</link>
			<description>Mount Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Ali Jouzou on Wednesday accused Hizbullah of carrying out an armed invasion of Lebanon, vowing an eye-for-an-eye response if Hizbullah...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:52:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Mount Lebanon Mufti Jouzou Declares: No to Hizbullah in Our Areas</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12203/2/</link>
			<description>Mount Lebanon Mufti Sheikh Mohammed Ali Jouzou on Tuesday declared that areas under his jurisdiction totally reject Hizbullah. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:51:05 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Berri's Dialogue Call Appears Lost Between Bilateral and Collective Tracks</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12202/2/</link>
			<description>Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Tuesday failed to respond to a request by majority representative Saad Hariri for a joint meeting to discuss dialogue prospects...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:49:56 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanon's Bank Audi Q1 net profit rises 14 pct</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12201/2/</link>
			<description>BEIRUT, April 29 (Reuters) - Lebanon&amp;#39;s Bank Audi (AUDI.BY: Quote, Profile, Research) (AUSR.BY: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Tuesday its net profit for the...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:55 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hariri Sets Presidential Election Deadline for May 13</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12191/2/</link>
			<description>Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Monday pledged that Majority MPs would elect a president on May 13. </description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:31:14 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Moussa in Beirut Thursday, Says Dialogue is Part of Arab Initiative</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12190/2/</link>
			<description>Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa confirmed he will visit Beirut Thursday and stressed that the Arab initiative has called for dialogue among Lebanon&amp;#39;s bickering...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:30:29 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>CBS News Journalist Believes his Kidnappers Had Sympathies Toward Hizbullah</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12189/2/</link>
			<description>CBS News journalist Richard Butler said he believes he was kidnapped in Iraq by policemen with sympathies toward Hizbullah but isn&amp;#39;t entirely sure who held...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:29:51 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Lebanese Army: 12 Israeli Warplanes Flew over Country</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12188/2/</link>
			<description>Israeli warplanes violated Lebanese airspace on Monday, flying on reconnaissance missions over Beirut and elsewhere in the country, the Lebanese army said.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:29:17 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Aoun 'Not Optimistic' about Electing a President on May 13</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12187/2/</link>
			<description>Head of the Change and Reform Parliamentary Bloc MP Michel Aoun has rejected preconditions set by the majority to participate in national dialogue and ruled...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:28:40 +0100</pubDate>
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		<item>
			<title>Egypt, Jordan Leaders Discuss Lebanese Crisis</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12186/2/</link>
			<description>Jordan&amp;#39;s King Abdullah II held talks Monday with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak in Cairo with Lebanon on the agenda.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:28:02 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>March 14 Insists on Unconditional Presidential Election, Berri Awaits Response</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12185/2/</link>
			<description>The March 14 alliance has linked a return to the dialogue table to the unconditional election of a president and commissioned MP Saad Hariri to...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:27:32 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Free Shiite Movement condemns kidnapping of French MP</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12184/2/</link>
			<description>Beirut- The leader of the Free Shiite Movement Sheikh Mohammad al-Hajj Hassan strongly condemned the abduction of the French Socialist Party MP Karim Pakzad on...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:23:34 +0100</pubDate>
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		<item>
			<title>March 14 Official Announcement Regarding Dialogue Offer in 48 Hours</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12177/2/</link>
			<description>MP Wael Abu Faour said Monday the ruling March 14 alliance will make an official announcement within the next 48 hours regarding a dialogue offer...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:06:18 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Spain's Defense Minister Visits U.N. Troops in Lebanon</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12176/2/</link>
			<description>Spain&amp;#39;s heavily pregnant Defense Minister Carme Chacon visited her country&amp;#39;s troops serving with the United Nations in south Lebanon on Monday.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:05:50 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Hizbullah Builds Up Secret Army to Face New Israeli Attack</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12175/2/</link>
			<description>South Lebanon villages are empty as Hizbullah sends recruits to tough training camps in Lebanon&amp;#39;s Bekaa Valley, Syria and Iran, the Observer newspaper has reported....</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:02:44 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Israel Accuses UNIFIL of Hiding Info about Hizbullah from Security Council</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12174/2/</link>
			<description>The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) is intentionally concealing information about Hizbullah activities south of the Litani River to avoid conflict with the...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:02:12 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>French Delegate Tells His Kidnapping Story ... Hizbullah Justifies Detention</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12173/2/</link>
			<description>A French delegate to a Socialist International meeting in Beirut described his captivity in a windowless cell by armed men who  spoke on behalf...</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:01:31 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>Assad Not Worried about Hariri Tribunal</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12156/2/</link>
			<description>Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he is not worried about the international tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Premier Rafik Hariri.</description>
			<category>News - Daily news from Lebanon</category>
			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:24:16 +0100</pubDate>
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			<title>French Delegate says Armed Men Linked to Hizbullah Detained him in Beirut</title>
			<link>http://portal.sawtbeirut.com/content/view/12155/2/</link>
			<description>A French delegate to a Socialist International meeting in Beirut said on Sunday that he had been briefly detained the previous day by armed men...</description>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:23:32 +0100</pubDate>
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