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• Muslim holy month of fasting starts
CAIRO, Egypt - Most of the Muslim Mideast began the first day of Ramadan on Monday, but Iraqi Shiites, some Lebanese Shiites and Iran will start observing the holy month of fasting on Tuesday. Ramadan begins the day after the sighting of the crescent ...
• Thursday, July 20
Meanwhile, Hezbollah continues to shoot rockets at Israel as citizens take cover in bomb shelters.  The death toll in the Middle East is mounting, and over a half million Lebanese citizens have been displaced.  Today in New York, Secretary-General ...
• Ancient yeast reborn in modern beer
Trapped inside a Lebanese weevil covered in ancient Burmese amber , a tiny colony of bacteria and yeast has lain dormant for up to 45 million years. A decade ago Raul Cano, now a scientist at the California Polytechnic State University, drilled a ...
• U.S.: Al-Qaida 'imploding'
Al-Qaida still remains the most dangerous threat to the United States, according to U.S. intelligence officials and reports. But of growing concern are organizations like Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas, which combine social services, local governance ...
• Oyster lunch yields 26 pearls for couple
An oyster shell with pearls in it displayed at a restaurant in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. A Lebanese restaurant owner said Wednesday he and his wife were having oysters for lunch when she made a stunning ...