Article: A spot of Beirutification

Article: Amid festivities, Beirut in crisis Both sides prepared for long fight over political future
International Herald Tribune;  December 30, 2006 ;     700+ words ......contributed from Beirut.*** Sleigh bells...lent the center of Beirut the feel of a Christmas fair this week, complete with street...in the city this week.''We are Muslims...over the center of Beirut, seeking to bring...have descended on Beirut, into power.Much...significantly next ...

Article: One week in the death of Beirut.
The Economist (US);  April 29, 1989 ;     700+ words ...One week in the death of Beirut Nobody is sure why the firing stopped...lull. Most guns stayed silent for a week before opening up again on the night of April 24th. Haggard Beirutis crept from cellars to stockpile food...

Article: Emirates set to launch 3 more flights per week to Beirut, THE INDEPENDENT
The Independent (Bangladesh);  May 30, 2003 ;     320 words ......three more flights per week to Beirut from June 1. The additional...of Emirates flights to Beirut from the current seven to 10 per week. Operating an Airbus...expand capacity on the Beirut route by 729 travellers per week. The increased frequency...

Article: Evacuations From Beirut Pick Up Speed
AP Online;  July 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......doing so for the sake of her children. She traveled to Beirut from the southern city of Nabatiyeh in southern Lebanon, which together with the eastern Bekaa Valley and Beirut's southern suburbs have been hardest hit in Israel's 10-d...calling them every day and then we decided to come to Beirut," she ...

Article: Robert Fisk: Eight dead, and echoes of Beirut's bloody history reverberate around its streets ; When is a civil war a civil war? A bomb a week? A street battle a month? For after yesterday's funerals in Beirut, this question is no longer academic.
Belfast Telegraph;  January 29, 2008 ;     470 words ......and frightening violence in Beirut? The first, grim lesson is...weapons. Everyone knows that Beirutis kept their civil war weapons...the incidents of violence in Beirut are growing closer together...buried the five dead from last week's massive car bomb when the...army captain murdered in last ...

Article: Beirut's rebirth: blossoms in the rubble
The Boston Globe;  February 14, 1993 ;     700+ words ...BEIRUT -- Walid Jumblat picks at his sushi in a just-reopened Japanese restaurant in West Beirut and says: "I miss my days as a warlord." The balding, droop-ey...are being launched. The 1996 Pan-Arab Games are planned for Beirut. The wealthy with their preference for all things French are coming back. ...

Article: COLUMN: You could learn a lot in Beirut
University Wire;  July 5, 2001 ;     700+ words ......U-WIRE) AMES, Iowa -- Last week, a friend and I went to Beirut, Lebanon, and stopped in Damascus...struck me specifically about Beirut. First a little background. For...Mediterranean Sea. The city of Beirut, Lebanon's capital city, is situated...

Article: Quaint Beirut, hip Melbourne
New Straits Times;  March 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ......good idea of what the city went through during the war. Beirut's spectacular coast is dotted with craggy hills - Pigeon...natural feature of the city, has rock arches that complement Beirut's dramatic sea cliffs. Breathe in the sea air at Corniche, Beirut's coastal road, and stop over for a strong brew ...

Article: Dozens more are killed in fighting around Beirut
International Herald Tribune;  May 13, 2008 ;     502 words ......on Monday. Meanwhile shops and banks began opening in Beirut, and more civilians were seen emerging from their homes...untouched by the fighting. Despite the relative calm in Beirut, a minor clash broke out at dawn on Monday between government...hospitalized, the channel said. Most gunmen have withdrawn from ...

Article: EDITORIAL: WAR STORIES: A Hopkins professor teaching in Beirut sees the city keeping its cosmopolitan, diverse character even as it divides itself between hostile political forces.(Editorial)
Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD);  February 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Beirut. Walking down the streets of the Hamra district of Beirut I think to myself that more cities across the Arab world...key buildings and the residences of leading politicians, Beirut remains an urban, cosmopolitan environment. By invoking...late night dancing parties going on at the trendy clubs. ...

Article: Humanitarian Aid Piles Up in Beirut
AP Online;  July 29, 2006 ;     700+ words ...BEIRUT, Lebanon - Medicine, food and...humanitarian relief piled up in Beirut on Saturday, with only a trickle...Nations and other agencies this week, officials said. Doctors Without...once the convoy turned back to Beirut after reports of Israeli airstrikes...from the Red Cross arrived in ...

Article: Weary Lebanese flocking home; Beirut perseveres with daily routines.(PAGE ONE)
The Washington Times;  August 15, 2006 ;     658 words ......Pisik, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BEIRUT - Bombs had begun falling in the capital one evening last week, and Dolly Tomhe wanted to...is the resilience of modern Beirut - a place where landmarks...nearly full. A month later, Beirut's fine beaches are covered...the shattered confidence in Beirut's ...

Article: Hezbollah Supporters March Toward Beirut
AP Online;  September 21, 2006 ;     556 words ......Early Thursday, hundreds of people began marching toward Beirut from villages and towns in the south, which at its farthest point on the Israeli border lies about 90 miles from Beirut. About 200 marchers stopped for the night in the port...would be available to transport people from the south to Beirut. ...

Article: Troops patrol tense Beirut but factions clash in north.(World and Comment)
The Toronto Star (Toronto, Ontario);  May 13, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Oakland Ross BEIRUT -- The early stirrings of normal life returned to this...out to shop and go to work. We like to live. At least in Beirut things began to calm down yesterday following five days...overran the strongholds of their Sunni political foes in Beirut last Wednesday. In Beirut, a ...