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President George W. Bush
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Bush hopeful of peace deal as he leaves for Middle East visit
| Occupied Jerusalem: Ahead of a visit to the Middle East, US President George W. Bush expressed some optimism that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement would be struck before his term ends, while h... (photo: White House / Eric Draper )
 President George W. Bush walks through the Cross Hall with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to a joint press conference in the East Room Tuesday, May 23, 2006. (cg1)
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Bush's visit to Israel overshadowed by Olmert controversy
| As U.S. President George W. Bush set out Tuesday from Washington to take part in celebrations honouring Israel's 60th year of existence, fraud specialists stepped up their investigation into corrupt... (photo: White House/Kimberlee Hewitt)
Bomb Attack, Sin el Fil, Beirut suburb, Lebanon  Daily Star Lebanon 
Kuwait cuts diplomats, vows to keep embassy open
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | BEIRUT: Kuwait decided on Tuesday to reduce the number of diplomats in its mission in Beirut but the embassy will remain open, the official ... (photo: WN / manuela)
Diplomats   Embassy   Kuwait   Lebanon   Photos  
Sunni leader Saad Hariri and leader of the parliamentary majority speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Speaking for the first time since he was besieged in his residence in Beirut's Muslim sector protected by Lebanese troops, Hariri said he supports canceling the Cabinet decisions that sparked clashes in the country "to save Lebanon  Daily Star Lebanon 
Hariri vows March 14 leaders 'will not surrender'
| Suleiman describes violence as a 'civil war that no national army can put an end to or take part in' | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | Parliamentary majority leader Saad Har... (photo: AP / Ahmad Omar)
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Lebanese soldiers sit atop an armored personnel carrier as they patrol the streets in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. The Lebanese army expanded its troop deployment to several tense areas around the country Tuesday, hours after it said soldiers will use force if needed to impose order after almost a week of clashes between the Western-backed government and Hezbollah-led opposit Daily Star Lebanon
Saudi Arabia warns Iran over deadly fighting in Lebanon
| Compiled by Daily Star staff | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | The effects of the Lebanese political crisis rippled out across the Middle East on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia w... (photo: AP / )
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Lebanon retains 'plenty' of food stocks
| Ministry of economy warns against unjustified price hikes | By Osama Habib | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, May 14, 2008 | BEIRUT: The Ministry of Economy and consumer g... (photo: WN / Manuela Paraipan)
Economy   Food   Lebanon   Photos   Price  
 Lebanese soldiers sit on armored personnel carriers as policemen pass by in Beirut, Lebanon Friday,  Asia Times
A deadly miscalculation in Lebanon
| By Sami Moubayed | DAMASCUS - The Lebanese government made a fatal underestimation of how far leaders of the Shi'ite group Hezbollah would go to preserve what they beli... (photo: AP Photo)
Beirut   Damascus   Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos  
President Bush, accompanied by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, makes a statement at the State Department in Washington, Monday, March 24, 2008. Asia Times
Hezbollah's shots ring in Bush's ears
| By Jim Lobe | WASHINGTON - While this week's trip by President George W Bush to Israel, Saudi Arabia and Egypt was never conceived as a triumphant "victory lap" around ... (photo: AP / Gerald Herbert)
Lebanon   Mideast   Peace   Photos   US  
** FILE ** Militias of Iran's Revolutionary Guards (Basiji) parade as they have headbands sign: Great Allah, There is no god but Allah, Muhammad is his messenger,(tmg1) Asia Times
US misses Iran opportunity
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | With mounting tensions in the Middle East greeting President George W Bush's trip this week to Saudi Arabia and Egypt, Washington could seize the... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian,file)
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- Worldview: Bad policies have left Bush little leverage in Le
- Saudi Arabia, Iran trade barbs over Lebanon
- Moody's maintains Beirut's woeful credit rating
- Lebanon retains 'plenty' of food stocks
- Merger mentality a bit like Beirut as St George often gets b
- Lebanon's endless war
Spices
Lebanon retains 'plenty' of food stocks
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- Army still neutral as strife shakes Lebanon 
- Saudis sends sharp warning to Iran over Lebanon
- Army peacekeepers hold uneasy calm in Lebanon
- Worldview: Bad policies have left Bush little leverage in Le
- Saudi Arabia, Iran trade barbs over Lebanon
- What ails Lebanon?
 President George W. Bush walks through the Cross Hall with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to a joint press conference in the East Room Tuesday, May 23, 2006. (cg1)
Bush's visit to Israel overshadowed by Olmert controversy
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- UAE schools perform well in Kerala Board Grade X exams
- Fillmore students visit with adopted Iraqi soldier
- Where Bush draws the line on Iraq costs: education benefits
- Where Bush draws the line on Iraq costs: education benefits
- Kerala Board results bring cheer to UAE pupils
- 21 new public schools set to open next year
Michel Suleiman
Lebanese army deploys troops around the country to impose law and order by force
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- Movie festival begins
- History she wrote: Lebanon woman excelled in opera
- Fashion students at Va. university design abayas
- Apple: iPhone Sold Out Online in US, UK
- DVD smut malware blights US forces in Iraq
- Bush has faulty calendar and misplaced optimism on Mideast p
 Iraqi women, dressed in Abayahs, wALking by a school rehabilitation project outside of FALlujah, Iraq. US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funds and quALity controls apply to this rehab and new school construction projects throughout Iraq during Operation
Fashion students at Va. university design abayas
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Sport Health & Medicine
- Bush says gave up golf in solidarity with Iraq dead
- Cycle fans to celebrate key milestone
- Bahrain enter snooker final
- Al Wasl to clash with Jordan's Zain today
- UAE to bid for Club World Cup
- Al Wahidi and Ridhwan power UAE's 27-goal blitz
 British Formula One rookie Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) in action during the second practice session for the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, March 16, 2007. Hamilton clocked the third fastest time. Sunday´s race kicks of
Hamilton shuns safety organisation
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- Bahraini on Death Row 'was framed'
- Iraqi government, al-Sadr group sign cease-fire
- Jordan Group, CW 11 help raise $40,000 for St. Louis childre
- Violence flares in Sadr City despite reported cease-fire
- AP News in Brief
- Doctors U-turn on abuse probe
Veiled Palestinian women participate in a demonstration calling for reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas factions, in Gaza City, Wednesday, March 26, 2008. The Arab country of Yemen hosted reconciliation talks this week between Hamas and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement. However, those talks unraveled amid fresh recriminations between the Palestinian rivals. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
Is this the worst place on earth to be a woman?
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Society & Culture Terrorism
- What ails Lebanon?
- Deadly internal clashes pose biggest challenge yet to Sinior
- In praise of Lebanese television
- Hizbullah hands positions to army after clashes
- Hizballah's Toughest Foe in Lebanon
- Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force
 Lebanese military army soldiers, carry the coffin of slain Maj. Gen. Francois Hajj, wrapped in the n
Lebanon: the army's role
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- Deadly internal clashes pose biggest challenge yet to Sinior
- Bush to promote peace, dialogue during Mideast visit
- 'Shock and awe' in Beirut
- The Iranian Connection
- War funding and war rhetoric
- Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim se
 A fighter from the Fatah Islam group, holds his automatic gun machine as he shouts anti-Lebanese army slogans at the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared, in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Wednesday May 23, 2007. About 15,000 of Palestinian civ
What Zawahri's words really mean for Lebanon and the 'war on terror'
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