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Germany’s Plan For Migrants Will Reshape Its Future

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September 10, 2015

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By Leah Libresco [link], As migrants and asylum-seekers have streamed into Europe, Germany has accepted vastly more asylum-seekers than any other country in the European Union. But unlike the United States, Germany doesn’t let those seeking asylum live anywhere they want: They are distributed to the country’s 16 states according to a strict formula.

That formula, known as the Königsteiner Key, is supposed to be an equitable way of preventing any state from being overburdened, based on population and tax revenues. But the large number of migrants now on their way may have a bigger demographic impact on some states than others, increasing ethnic and religious diversity in states with histories of being homogenous.

Germany estimates that it will receive about 800,000 asylum-seekers from Syria and other countries in the Middle East and Africa this year, equal to about 1 percent of its current population of about 81 million.

Lebanon’s ‘You Stink’ campaigners trash crisis plan

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September 10, 2015

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By Dana Balloutt BEIRUT—Anti government activists in Lebanon were reviewing Thursday a plan by authorities to end a long-running trash-collection crisis that has galvanized public anger over the government’s chronic inability to deliver social services.

Under a plan endorsed by an emergency cabinet meeting late Wednesday, responsibility for trash pickup and disposal will be transferred from the central government to local municipalities, closed landfills will temporarily reopened and new landfills will be opened in rural Lebanon.

By Rouba El Husseini - Beirut (AFP) - Organisers of mass protests in Lebanon over trash festering in the streets said Thursday the government's long-awaited plan to deal with the crisis is too vague and does not meet their demands. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of Beirut in recent weeks to demand an end to long-standing political divisions that have affected even basic public services.

Mandarin Oriental announces new hotel and residences in Beirut

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September 10, 2015

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Vicky Karantzavelou

HONG KONG - Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group has announced that it will manage a new luxury hotel and branded residences currently under development in Beirut. Scheduled to open in 2018, the project provides the Group with a unique opportunity to further extend its reach in the important Middle East market.
The overall development comprises two adjacent buildings located in Beirut’s Central District at the heart of Lebanon’s capital. Mandarin Oriental, Beirut will be situated in the south tower, with 280 well-appointed rooms and suites and 25 serviced apartments. All will be designed in a contemporary style, with exacting attention to detail that is reflective of the Group’s oriental heritage. The north tower will house 103 Residences at Mandarin Oriental, that will provide the most luxurious and desirable living in central Beirut.

Russian Troops Join Combat in Syria, Say Lebanese Sources

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September 10, 2015

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Reuters,

Russian forces have begun participating in military operations in Syria in support of government troops, three Lebanese sources familiar with the political and military situation there said on Wednesday.

The sources, speaking to Reuters on condition they not be identified, gave the most forthright account yet from the region of what the United States fears is a deepening Russian military role in Syria's civil war, though one of the Lebanese sources said the number of Russians involved so far was small.