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REVEALED: The Most Social Colleges In America [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Did you know that Harvard has 281 times as many Likes on their Facebook Page as they do members of their student body, making them the number one college on that channel, with almost three times as many fans as LSU?

Facebook, of course, was started at Harvard by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, so it kind of makes sense. But Harvard leads the way on Twitter, too. But what about the other social networks? Which U.S. colleges rule the roost on Google+, Pinterest and YouTube?

Be still your beating heart, as all will be revealed, courtesy of this infographic, which takes a look at the top colleges across America on all the major social networks, and ranks them by their Klout score, too.

REVEALED: The 10 Countries With The Most Active Twitter Users

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Since it first opened its doors to the general public back in July 2006, Twitter has expanded rapidly around the world, quickly establishing itself as the de facto micro-blogging network in almost every major country. In August we looked at a study that suggested, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the bulk of Twitter’s 500 million (and […]

Huge gas fields could be off the coast of Lebanon

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An international firm has estimated the volume of gas in Lebanon’s south-west corner to be close to 25 trillion cubic feet, valued by experts to be worth over $40 billion. “In the 3,000 square kilometers we are covering in the south-west corner of Lebanon, near the borders of Cyprus and Israel, an initial assessment […]

Lebanese Christian-Muslim summit in Bkerke

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BEIRUT: A Christian-Muslim summit convening in Bkirki condemned Monday a recent film that insults the Prophet Mohammad and said an offense to one religion was an assault on all others. “The participants denounced ‘Innocence of Muslims’ that insults Islam and its prophet and messenger Mohammad … They stressed that violating the sanctity of any religion […]

Lebanon blocks Internet access to anti-Islam film

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A Lebanese court decided on Monday to block Internet access to an anti-Islam film that has provoked rage across the Muslim world, a judicial source told AFP. Judge Nadim Zouein decided "to stop the Internet distribution of the film ‘Innocence of Muslims’ in Lebanon," following a complaint filed by a lawyer, the source said. "Innocence of […]

Will Lebanon be sucked into the Syrian crisis?

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After clashes in Lebanon between factions supporting the Syrian president and those opposed to him, some residents of the capital Beirut are thinking about moving to a safer place. While everyone outside Lebanon has been talking about Syria’s troubles and what effect they will have on its neighbours, those inside Lebanon have been gripped by […]

Opposition tells pope Syria regime threat to Christians

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BEIRUT: Syrian Christian opposition leader George Sabra told Pope Benedict XVI that the survival of the Damascus regime poses a threat to the country’s Christians, the Syrian National Council said Sunday. "The survival of the (President Bashar) Assad regime is a danger to Christians and Muslims in Syria alike," Sabra, who is spokesman for the […]

Lebanese president praises Army response to FSA attack

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BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman praised over the weekend steps taken by the Lebanese Army following an attack on the military by the Free Syrian Army in the north. “Sleiman hailed the actions taken by the Lebanese Army Saturday on the outskirts of Arsal to protect Lebanese territory and prevent it from being used by any […]

Report: Bank Robbery Cell Suspected of Plotting Attacks against Politicians, Officers

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A Bank robbery network suspected of plotting attacks on two judges had a list to target several other politicians and officials, al-Joumhouria newspaper reported on Friday. According to the report, the cell led by Mohammed al-Jouni was planning to assassinate Speaker Nabih Berri, Former Ministers Michel and Elias al-Murr, MPs George Adwan, Akram Shehayyeb, Nohad […]

America’s dangerous lethargy on Syria

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Amid signs that Barack Obama is moving closer to winning a second term, one question that comes to mind is whether his victory might mean a better future for Syrians. The president has been inept and dishonest, neither formulating a cohesive policy toward Syria nor properly guarding against the repercussions of the absence of a […]