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The 25 Most Buzzed-About Universities of 2013

Take a look at the list of the top 25 below. The numbers in parenthesis indicate 2012’s rankings. 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1) 2. Harvard University (2) 3. Columbia University (4) 4. Stanford University (8) 5. University of California, Berkeley (14) 6. Yale University (9) 7. University of Chicago (3) 8. University of Texas, […]

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Beirut-based luxury car firm launches world’s first ‘hypercar’

    BEIRUT: The Beirut-based car company W Motors has completed the first prototype of its $3.4 million “ultra-luxury hypercar” and is gearing up to officially launch sales at the Qatar Auto show on Jan. 29. The “LykanHypersport 2013” is the brainchild of Beirut-born car designer Ralph Debbas, who is the lead investor, chairman and chief […]

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فريد هيكل الخازن: نؤيد موقف اهالي كفرذبيان اليوم وتحركهم عفوي

  رحب الوزير السابق فريد هيكل الخازن، في حديث لـ"ال.بي.سي."، "بأي مواطن لبناني في كسروان اذا كانت تأتي في اطار السياحة انما نرفض شكل زيارة الشيخ احمد الاسير اليوم خصوصا ان كافة السيارات كانت من الزجاج الداكن ". واكد ان تحرك الاهالي كان عفوياً، معتبرا انه "يحق لنا الاعتصام على ارضنا سلمياً، خصوصا ان الاسير […]

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Kfardebian Residents Block Road to Prevent al-Asir from Reaching Faraya

  Around 50 protesters from Kfardebian briefly blocked the main road of the mountain town on Thursday to protest a visit to a ski resort by controversial Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir. Kfardebian municipal chief Jean Aqiqi told Voice of Lebanon radio (93.3) that the road was blocked “out of fears of the consequences that Sheikh […]

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Life in Lebanon “horrible” for Palestinians fleeing Syria: U.N.

  BEIRUT (Reuters) – Palestinians who fled Syria’s war to neighboring Lebanon are living up to 20 in a room with no water, fresh air or electricity, the head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday. Donors needed to do more to help at least 20,000 Palestinians who have already come in and […]

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