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		<title>If Israel Strikes Iran&#8230; and Hizbullah gets involved?</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2010/03/29/if-israel-strikes-iran-and-hizbullah-gets-involved/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Silent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In December 2009, the Brookings Institute ran a simulation of an Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, with three teams assuming the roles of American, Israeli, and Iranian decision makers. During the simulation, Hizbullah responded to Israel&#8217;s attack on Iran by firing over 100 rockets into Israel per day. The Israeli team&#8217;s response? After intially heeding American calls [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=463&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Possible Poor Choice: Lebanon&#8217;s Push for Security Council Membership and the Price of Prestige</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2010/03/20/the-best-possible-poor-choice-lebanons-push-for-security-council-membership-and-the-price-of-prestige/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Silent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lebanon will soon have to face up to the responsibilities that come with sovereignty (or partial sovereignty) and prestige on the international stage. Earlier this year, Lebanon took over a non-permanent, rotating seat on the United Nations Security Council (replacing Libya as the &#8220;Arab&#8221; representative on the Council). President Michel Sleiman, perhaps ignoring words of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=457&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tragedy: Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crashes in Lebanese Waters</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2010/01/26/tragedy-ethiopian-airlines-plane-crashes-in-lebanese-waters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Silent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, January 25, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 409 crashed en route from Beirut to Addis Ababa. According to reports 54 Lebanese, 22 Ethiopians, one Iraqi, one French woman (the wife of France&#8217;s ambassador to Lebanon), one Syrian and seven crew members (as well as two British-Lebanese, one Canadian-Lebanese, and one Russian-Lebanese dual nationals) were on board the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=435&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Trading Horses: Sectarianism and Electoral Reform in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2010/01/25/trading-horses-sectarianism-and-electoral-reform-in-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:24:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Silent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has again ignited controversy in Lebanon. Having already stirred the pot with a proposal to establish a committee on deconfessionalization, Berri is now pushing to lower Lebanon&#8217;s voting age from 21 to 18. The Controversy Of course, the controversy relates to the proposal&#8217;s implications for Lebanon&#8217;s delicate sectarian balance. According to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=428&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009 Was a Good &#8211; rather, a Mixed &#8211; Year</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2010/01/12/2009-was-a-good-rather-a-mixed-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 06:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2009 was a mixed year for Lebanon. Here&#8217;s a (very) brief recap: Politics Politically, the country averted a repeat of May 2008&#8242;s armed clashes, held free and fair elections, and continued to walk the tightrope between East and West. At the regional level, detente between the U.S., conservative Arab, and Israeli camp and a front consisting of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=422&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sword and the Pen: Expression and the Culture of Violence</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/12/12/the-sword-and-the-pen-expression-and-the-culture-of-violence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four years ago today, a carbomb took the life of Gebran Tueni, a Lebanese journalist, activist, and politician. Like others before him, and others sure to follow, Tueni lost his life for refusing to remain silent. As is often the case in Lebanon, Tueni took over the family business, which for him meant publishing the influential &#8220;An-Nahar&#8221;  (The Day) newspaper that his [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=403&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sister Returns? Part I: Regional Shifts and the Division of Labor in Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/11/26/the-sister-returns-part-i-regional-shifts-and-the-division-of-labor-in-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With usual pomp and circumstance, November 22  featured parades, parties, and grandiose rhetoric to mark Lebanon&#8217;s Independence Day. Against this backdrop, and just in time for the winter holiday season, Lebanese leaders - at each other&#8217;s throats merely six months ago &#8211; have discovered dialogue. What gives? In short, Lebanese politicians continue to adjust to Syria&#8217;s return from the wilderness. While Syria was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=389&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Under the Gun, Uniting the Gun</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/11/22/under-the-gun-uniting-the-gun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All is not sweet in the land of milk and honey&#8230; Having dithered on government formation for five months, thereby squandering a chance to garner international support in the wake of successful democratic elections, Lebanese politicians continue to bicker over the wording of the cabinet&#8217;s &#8220;Ministerial Statement.&#8221; In Lebanon&#8217;s eclectic system, ministerial statements amount to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=379&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mabrouk&#8230; Lebanon&#8217;s New Cabinet</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/11/11/mabrouk-lebanons-new-cabinet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:04:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MARCH 14 COALITION Future Movement                         Saadedine Hariri: Prime Minister                          Rayya al-Haffar: Finance                         Hassan Mneimneh: Education                         Mohammed Rahhal: Environment                         Jean Ogassapian: Of State Progressive Socialist Party                          Ghazi al-Aridi: Public Works                         Akram Chouhayib: Displaced                         Wael Abou Faour: Of State Lebanese Forces                         Ibrahim Najjar: Justice                         Salim Wardeh: Culture Phalange                         [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=367&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truth in Conflicting Views: Brief Comments on U.S. and Iranian Involvement in War-Time Lebanon</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/10/31/truth-in-conflicting-views-brief-comments-on-u-s-and-iranian-involvement-in-war-time-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Silent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, NOW Lebanon published an op-ed that Firas Maksad, a Middle East analyst, and I, a humble law student, wrote. The piece basically argued that the Marine Barracks Bombing on October 23, 1983 was an opening salvo in Iran&#8217;s bid for expanded power in the Middle East. On the other hand, Foreign Policy published a piece by Nir Rosen, a fellow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=359&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hezbollah and the New Regional Reality (published in NOW Lebanon)</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/10/27/hezbollah-and-the-new-regional-reality-published-in-now-lebanon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please click here to read the article, which a friend and I co-authored.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=356&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Like Hummus, Baby! &#8230; Food, Rugby, Other Distractions, and the Government Void</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/10/25/its-like-hummus-baby-food-rugby-other-distractions-and-the-government-void/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lebanon may not have a government, but it now possesses more world records in proud, slightly spiteful culinary undertakings. The country now boasts the Guinness world records for &#8211; count, &#8216;em &#8211; three staples of Levantine cuisine: hummus, tabbouleh, and kibbe. Having broken the kibbe record earlier this year, Lebanese chefs assembled themselves this past weekend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=351&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When the Snow Melts&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://pagelebanon.com/2009/10/17/when-the-snow-melts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Winter is approaching in Lebanon, and with it, a last respite before the country&#8217;s brief resurgence is once again battered by the regional fates. In 2010, Lebanon will face a series of challenges that will threaten to disrupt the slow progress made since Syria withdrew its troops in 2005.  Justice for Peace First and foremost, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=343&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Regional Context: Articles to Read</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selected reading for information only, as it is worth keeping the regional game in mind. This post does not endorse or reject the content of these articles&#8230; The National Newspaper (UAE) on Syria-Saudi ties: http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090710/FOREIGN/707099796/1011/rss Foreign Policy on the &#8220;Other Threat&#8221; from Iran: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/02/the_other_ticking_clock_in_iran Council on Foreign Relations on US-Iran relations: http://www.cfr.org/publication/20344/road_ahead_for_usiran_relations.html?breadcrumb=%2F<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=340&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Puppeteer Puppets: Lebanon&#8217;s Leaders and the Regional Mess</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the second, or perhaps third, time since Lebanon&#8217;s successful June 2009 parliamentary elections, the regional situation seems to favor a settlement in the divided country &#8211; or so we are told. Regardless of whether Syrian President Bashar al-Asad&#8217;s trip to Saudi Arabia leads to a thaw between Damascus and Riyadh, the actions of regional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pagelebanon.com&blog=9101974&post=335&subd=pagelebanon&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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