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LEBANON: Critics allege lack of transparency in hospital survey

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January 9, 2006

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BEIRUT, 9 January (IRIN) - Alleged irregularities in a hospital survey last week have left the health sector in turmoil, say health workers. The survey report, conducted by a committee of Lebanese and Australian health professionals under contract with the health ministry, revealed that only 86 out of 160 of the country's hospitals had received accreditation.

Survey results, however, were marred by allegations concerning a lack of transparency and unfair procedures. "In my area [of North Lebanon], some non-accredited hospitals are much better than others that deserve to be closed, and which passed the accreditation exam," said local resident Mayssa Romanos. According to a public official who requested anonymity, "many factors

Discrimination Against Women in Lebanon

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January 8, 2006

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by Mayssa el Khazen, A research on the Influence of Tradition, Politics and Religion on Women

Cheikh Walid el Khazen bibliography

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January 8, 2006

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Cheikh Walid el Khazen

KHAZEN (Walid, el-, Cheikh), Attorney

LEBANON: Press federation to press charges against killers of slain journalist

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January 8, 2006

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BEIRUT, 8 Jan 2006 (IRIN) - The Lebanese Press Federation announced it would press murder charges against those involved in the killing of journalist and Member of Parliament Gebran Tueini, who died in a car-bomb attack on 12 December 2005 in the capital, Beirut.According to a statement, federation president Mohammad Baalbaki commissioned has lawyers to "file a lawsuit against everyone which the investigation proves to be a perpetrator, accomplice, instigator or participant in this hideous crime."

As editor-in-chief of independent daily Al-Nahar and a vocal anti-Syrian human rights advocate, Tueini "became a target to the enemies of free opinion," the federation stated.The lawsuit comes in addition to the legal case filed by Tueini