france24.com - 13 days ago
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AFP - Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism. The controversy erupted after Hezbollah learned that excerpts of "The Diary of Anne Frank" were included in a ...
gatewaypundit.firstthings.com - 9 days ago
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gatewaypundit.firstthings.com —
Gee, who could have seen this coming. The
Hezbollah terror organization told Obama today to go pound
sand. The BBC reported: The leader of Lebanon’s mainly Shia movement Hezbollah says US President Barack Obama’s promise to engage ...
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Stunner… Hezbollah Terrorists Dismiss Obama ...
nytimes.com - 11 days ago
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nytimes.com —
BEIRUT, Lebanon More than five months after
holding parliamentary elections, Lebanon formed a new cabinet on
Monday, ending a long period of gridlock that illustrated once again the myriad dysfunctions of this country's bitterly divided political ...
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Impasse Over, Lebanon Forms Cabinet Under Saad Hariri
foxnews.com - 16 days ago
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foxnews.com —
Israeli Navy Seizes Lebanon-Bound Ship Allegedly Carrying Arms
to Hezbollah Wednesday, November 04, 2009 JERUSALEM Israeli commandos
seized a ship Wednesday that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran bound for ...
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Bound Ship Allegedly Carrying Arms to Hezbollah
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... of heart when it comes to war crimes (via Dagelijkse Standaard) Turkey should arrest Sudan's president if he visits Istanbul because of an international warrant against him for atrocities in Darfur, human rights groups said Friday. Turkey, however, has indicated that it would welcome President Omar al-Bashir, who will reportedly arrive in Istanbul on Monday for a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference, a bloc of Muslim countries. Anne Frank's diary offends Lebanon's Hezbollah Anne Frank's diary has been ...
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... Anne Frank’s Diary Offends Lebanon’s Hezbollah Anne Frank’s diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah which claimed the classic work promotes Zionism. The controversy erupted after Hezbollah learned that excerpts of “The Diary of Anne Frank” were included in a textbook used by a private English-language school in western Beirut. ...
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