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...Lebanon??€™s pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigned on Monday amid massive anti-Syria protests in the streets of Beirut, spawned by last month’s assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri—a benefactor of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and an opponent of Syrian involvement in Lebanon...
...1970s and 80s. This carnage, however, has transformed into a distant memory for most Lebanese. Beirut is hailed as a rejuvenated city of fortune. Recently, however, Lebanon suffered a stark reminder of how unstable and ill-fated the Middle East can be. The assassination of one of Lebanon??€™s most prominent individuals, former prime minister, Rafiq Al-Hariri, has largely been blamed on Syria—Lebanon??€™s neighboring state which maintains a military and political presence in the country. I, however, will neither place nor refute the blame on Syria, or any other party. Rather...
...incident that has sparked an international diplomatic flare-up, the former prime minister of Lebanon??€”who was a benefactor of the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) and an opponent of Syrian involvement in Lebanon??€”was killed Monday when a massive explosion ripped through his motorcade in Beirut...
Much of Hariri’s political career was defined by his opposition to pro-Syrian elements of Lebanon??€™s government...
...still a third-world country. One university researcher here estimates that 90 percent of the population lives below the government poverty line. And that figure would be much higher if it wasn’t for the fact that remittances sent from Lebanese abroad make up 24 percent of Lebanon??€™s GDP. In a dumb tourist move, I was complaining to a group of Lebanese friends about the measly $600 a month I get paid at the paper where I work, only to find out that that was more than what many of their fathers made...