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Women lack basics in crisis-hit Lebanon's crowded prisons

Nour is raising her four-month-old daughter in Lebanon's most overpopulated women's prison, struggling to get formula and nappies for her baby as the country's economy lies in tatters.

"I don't have enough milk to breastfeed, and baby formula isn't readily available," said the 25-year-old, who was detained eight months ago on drug-related accusations.

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UNIFIL and Lebanon hold memorial for killed Irish peacekeeper

The Lebanese Army and U.N. peacekeepers held a memorial at the Beirut airport on Sunday for an Irish soldier killed by a mob that opened fire last week at two vehicles belonging to the U.N. peacekeepers in southern Lebanon.

The attack that killed 24 year-old Pvt. Seán Rooney of Newtowncunningham took place near the southern town of al-Aqbiyeh on Wednesday night, as he and seven other Irish peacekeepers from a U.N. peacekeeping mission, known as UNIFIL, were on their way to the Beirut airport.

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Al-Rahi lashes out at Hezbollah over UNIFIL, Rmeish

Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi on Sunday hit out at Hezbollah without naming it over two recent issues.

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Ministerial panel meets in bid to settle govt. differences

It was agreed in the cosultative ministerial meeting that was held Friday at the Grand Serail to form a ministerial panel in an attempt to heal the rift between the government's quarreling camps, media reports said.

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Nasrallah says Hezbollah keen on MoU with FPM

Hezbollah is keen on its 2006 memorandum of understanding with its ally the Free Patriotic Movement and "will not withdraw" from it "unless the FPM wants so," Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has said.

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Security forces seeking arrest of two suspects over attack on UNIFIL

The evidence suggests the involvement of two shooters in the deadly attack on UNIFIL near al-Aqbiyeh and security forces are now seeking the arrest of the two suspects, a Lebanese judicial source said.

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Mikati holds consultative meeting with 19 ministers

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and nineteen caretaker ministers held a “consultative meeting” Friday at the Grand Serail, the National News Agency said, in the wake of the controversy over the latest caretaker cabinet session which was boycotted by the Free Patriotic Movement ministers.

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LF says attack on UNIFIL highlights scourge of illegal arms proliferation

The Lebanese Forces on Friday strongly condemned the deadly attack on a UNIFIL convoy in south Lebanon, urging the Lebanese government to “carry out a transparent and swift probe and bring the aggressor killers to justice.”

“The armed attack on a UNIFIL vehicle is a dangerous indication that confirms what’s already confirmed regarding the proliferation of arms outside Lebanese legitimacy,” the LF said in a statement.

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UNIFIL urges swift probe into Irish peacekeeper's death

The United Nations' peacekeeping force in south Lebanon on Friday urged Lebanese authorities to ensure a "speedy" investigation into an Irish soldier's shooting death near the southern town of al-Aqbiyeh.

The peacekeeper's convoy came under fire late Wednesday, the Irish military said, wounding three other members of the U.N. force UNIFIL.

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'Gas' explosion wounds eight in Beit Misk

An explosion, reportedly caused by a gas leak, wounded eight people on Friday in the Northern Metn town of Beit Misk and badly damaged a residential building.

The Civil Defense said its crews managed to rescue a woman and her son from beneath the rubble, rushing them to hospital. First aid was also offered on the spot to six foreign workers who were present near the building.

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