By Rebecca Ostriker, Globe Staff ,  Israeli-Lebanese border tensions, children in teeming Indian brothels, Peruvian government corruption, American death-row prisoners, Muslims detained indefinitely after 9/11. Sounds like a fascinating night out at the movies, right? You

By Katherine Zoepf,  At Element, the young crowd sits in oversized red plush armchairs, dines on Thai beef carpaccio and dances under swirling confetti lights. At the wildly Crystal, where the specialty is champagne and visiting Saudis are said to gather, Porsches and Bentleys crowd the curbs outside. At M-Box, bar-top dancing is something of a competitive sport: Would-be customers stand in a steel shower-stall-like foyer to be carefully appraised for acceptability, and T-shirt wearers can forget about getting in.

BEIRUT (AFP) – Glassblower Hussein Khalifeh is one of the last guardians of the age-old skills that produce Lebanon’s rich oriental cultural heritage, and his know-how is threatened by cheaper foreign products and the lack of state subsidies.  And he is not alone. His ordeal is shared by the last remaining local craftsmen struggling to keep their dying trades alive and pass on their skills in weaving, embroidery, copper engraving, pottery, mosaics and ceramics. “People are closing down. Their children are either attracted by more steady jobs or are emigrating,” said Khalifeh, who runs a family business in the sleepy southern coastal town of Sarafand.

رقم العقار : 560 – 561- 562

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المعترض عليه:الكرسيالبطريركي للموارنة

بناء" على الإعتراض المدون على محضر العقار رقم 560 و 561 و 562 منطقة غادير جونيه ، وبنا" على المادّة 23 المعدلة من القرار 186 تاريخ 15 آذار سنة 1926المعدل بالقرار 44L.R. تاريخ 20نيساسنة 1935، تعيّنت الساعة التاسعة من صباح يوم الثلاثاء في22 حزيران سنة 1937 للنظر في الدعوى على أن يبلغ ذلك للمتقاضين ومختار المنطقة تحريراً في 11 حزيران سنة 1937 .

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National Geographic Magazine, By Rick Gore, We know they dominated sea trade in the Mediterranean for 3,000 years. Now DNA testing and recent archaeological finds are revealing just what the Phoenician legacy meant to the ancient world

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