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 Beirut, January 2006
Beirut, February 2006
Beirut, March 2006
Beirut, April 2006
Beirut, May 2006
Beirut, June 2006
Beirut, July 2006
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Beirut, November 2006
Beirut, December 2006
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| Feb.5 |
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  Danish consulate in Beirut ablaze Thousands of protesters rallying while some of their number torched the consulate
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Interior Minister quits over riot
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| Feb.14 |
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Mass rally for Hariri anniversary
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| Feb.15 |
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President Lahoud vows to serve full term
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| Feb.23 |
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Rice makes surprise visit
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| Jun.1 |
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Hezbollah spoof sparks protests
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| Jul.12 |
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 Israeli jets strike Beirut airport| Israeli fighter jets are expanding military campaign against Hezbollah holding two Israeli soldiers captive | |
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| Jul.13 |
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Israel imposes Lebanon blockade| The warships have blocked ports, and Lebanon international airport was closed after Israeli bombing | |
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 Israeli warplanes hit Beirut suburb Warplanes bombed southern Beirut, home to the offices of Hezbollah and the group's leader
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| Jul.15 |
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Israel hits targets along Lebanese coast Strikes smashed into Beirut, a region near Lebanon's border with Syria, and ports. The rockets fired at Israeli towns
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PM Siniora: Lebanon is disaster zone Prime Minister pleads for ceasefire. Israel declared a state of emergency for the Gallilee region
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| Jul.16 |
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Israel pounds Beirut after Haifa hit| Airstrikes pounded the southern suburbs of Beirut where Hezbollah members lived and worked | |
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| Jul.17 |
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Israeli jets in new raids Israel has carried out fresh air strikes on Hezbollah strongholds in southern Lebanon and the militants' Beirut HQ
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| Jul.19 |
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PM: Lebanon 'has been torn to shreds' Fouad Siniora has called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah militants
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| Jul.22 |
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Israeli jets bomb Sidon and Beirut
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| Jul.23 |
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 UN appalled by Beirut devastation Egeland, the emergency relief chie, has condemned the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes
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| Jul.25 |
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Rice proposes international forces
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| Aug.2 |
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Israel resume airstrikes on Beirut Airstrikes on the Hezbollah stronghold had recommenced after a pause of several days.
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| Aug.3 |
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Bombs pound Beirut for second night Israel is targeting a stronghold of Hezbollah militants. Warplanes dropped leaflets over several neighborhoods
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| Aug.4 |
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Israel's bombs cut off Beirut Israel is saying the attacks were designed to thwart Syrian attempts to arm Hezbollah
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Israel maintains Lebanon assault
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| Aug.7 |
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PM: 40 killed in airstrike. 1 only died
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| Aug.16 |
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Lebanon army set to move to south The troops are due to begin deploying south of the Litani river after the cabinet gave the green light
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| Aug.20 |
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Lebanon sounds ceasefire warning
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| Sep.11 |
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Blair faces protests
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| Sep.22 |
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Hezbollah leader reappears at victory rally  Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered in a 'victory rally' in the southern Beirut suburbs
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| Sep.25 |
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Hariri 'killed by suicide bomber'
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| Nov.11 |
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Ministers throw government into turmoil 5 Shiite ministers resigned from Cabinet after talks about giving the Hezbollah party more power collapsed
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| Nov.12 |
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Cabinet crisis threatens tribunal
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| Nov.13 |
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Lebanon approves court amid crisis Depleted government has approved a draft setting up an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of Hariri
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| Nov.15 |
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PM says he'll survive Cabinet resignations
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| Nov.21 |
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Christian politician Gemayel killed Cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel has been shot dead. He was a member of the Christian Phalange party
| A gunman ran up to the car he was riding in and opened fire. Gemayel was supporter of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority. Saad Hariri is saying Damascus wanted to stop the Lebanese government from backing an international tribunal. Syria 'strongly' condemned Gemayel's assassination
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Lebanon mourns murdered minister
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| Nov.22 |
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U.N. to probe Gemayel slaying
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| Nov.23 |
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 Funeral for minister turns into anti-Syrian Hundreds of thousands packed Martyrs Square to honor slain Pierre Gemayel, cheering speeches by his supporters
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| Nov.24 |
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Killing of Gemayel 'may presage coup'
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| Nov.25 |
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Cabinet meets on Hariri tribunal
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| Nov.30 |
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PM vows to defy protests
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| Dec.1 |
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Huge rally demands PM quit 200,000 people packed the streets, as Christian opposition leader called for Fouad Siniora to step down
| Demonstrators pitched tents outside the office of Siniora. Soldiers cordoned off the office complex with barbed wire
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Protesters set up camp Thousand of supporters of Hezbollah and pro-Syrian allies have spent the night camped out, to protest against the government
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| Dec.2 |
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Hezbollah tent city rises in mass protest Hezbollah and its allies kept up the pressure on the U.S.-backed government of Fouad Siniora to resign
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| Dec.3 |
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More protests as political crisis deepens
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| Dec.5 |
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Tense Beirut buries unrest victim
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| Dec.7 |
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Hezbollah leader urges defiance
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| Dec.8 |
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Outbursts deepen Lebanon crisis
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| Dec.10 |
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Huge protest pressures government Hundreds of thousands flooded central Beirut after a call by the Hezbollah-led opposition to topple the government
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