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Lebanon has become famous for exporting human resources to the world, ever since Mount Lebanon acquired its socio-economic characteristics as an independent entity in the mid-nineteenth century.

University officials from the United States have been touring the region for the past few days as part of a campaign to dismiss fears of Arab students being detested by Americans in the wake of the September 11 attacks and encourage them to study in the U.S.

Seven months after hosting the Arab League Summit, the Leba-nese capital is preparing for the Francophone Summit in which envoys from over 50 French-speaking nations are taking part.

Bickering among the pro-government and the opposition groups here has resumed after the conclusion of the Ninth Francophone Summit last week.

Lebanese officials seem all but disappointed with their achievement of hosting the Ninth Francophone Summit here.

Embezzler deported to UAE from Lebanon

The Lebanese Phalange Party suspended the membership of the son of its founder, the former Lebanese President of the Republic Amin Pierre Gemayel.

The old devastated Hilton hotel that never celebrated its opening in April 1975 was razed to the ground yesterday to make way for a new $100 million five-star hotel.

Scores of Gulf holidaymakers, basically Kuwaiti and Saudi nationals, have been flooding into this mountainous village of Bhamdoun, a town 1,000 metres above sea level that was famous as a tourist destination during the pre-1975 Civil War.

With the U.S. keen on de-Baathifying Iraq, former Baathists tell of their bitter experience under the now-defunct Saddam regime and express their fear of losing their jobs because of their former affiliation.

Probe underway to determine affiliation of Lebanon suspects

The Beirut-based Future Television has been accused by the Israeli media of electioneering and intervening in promoting one Arab candidate over the another.