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Lebanon sends more army men to tense Beirut

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By Nadim Ladki, Beirut – Lebanon’s army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence. Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa warned the crisis could worsen and indicated he had discussed ideas for a solution with Lebanese officials during a 24-hour visit to Beirut.

Security sources said the military increased its forces in Sunni districts that Shi’a protesters drive through to get to central Beirut where the Hezbollah-led opposition is holding a sit-in to try to topple the Western-backed government.These districts saw clashes between residents and protesters on Sunday – from stone-throwing to fights with knives.

In the most serious incident, gunmen fired assault rifles at a group of protesters in a Sunni neighbourhood, a stronghold for the anti-Syrian majority coalition, killing one man.The body of Ahmed Mahmoud was brought to the protest site, where thousands of anti-government demonstrators read Qur’anic verses over a coffin wrapped in a Lebanese flag.

Pictures throughout the week

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A Lebanese police officer stands guard in downtown Beirut in front of a Christmas tree and a poster of assasinated Lebanese industry minister Pierre Gemayel on 19 December 2006.

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Lebanese opposition launches major protests

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BEIRUT – Hundreds of thousands of protesters from the Free Patriotic movement, Hizbullah and its opposition allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Siniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops.

The oppositiom mobilized their bases for the protest, arranging to bus supporters from all over Lebanon and handing out free gasoline coupons to people in remote regions.The crowd, which the government estimated at 800,000, created a sea of Lebanese flags that blanketed downtown.Opposition officials put the number at 1 million and a half

Cheikh Wadih el Khazen – Assafir newspaper 27-11-2006

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الخازن يأمل عودة الفريق الحاكم إلى وجدانه الوطني سأل رئيس المجلس العام الماروني الوزير السابق وديع الخازن: <هل كان ضروريا أن تصل الأمور إلى حافة المواجهة المليئة بالمخاطر على الأمن والمصير ما دمنا اتفقنا جميعا على مبدأ قيام المحكمة ذات الطابع الدولي واختلفنا على الآلية الميكانيكية التي يحاول البعض تمريرها على بياض؟ اضاف <وإذا تمكنت […]

Cheikh Farid Haykal el Khazen Visit to the Patriarch Sfeir

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www.daralhayat.com عثرت امس دورية من الدرك على عبوة ناسفة لم تنفجر على بعد 200 متر من منزل النائب السابق فريد الخازن وضعت قرب مكب للنفايات، وقام الخبراء بتعطيلها. وكان الخازن ادلى امس في بكركي بتصريحات عنيفة دعا فيها العماد ميشال عون الى عدم التظاهر في

Cheikh Farid Haikal el Khazen murder attempt

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November 26, 2006. Updated by Khazen.org. Outside the house of Cheikh Farid Haikal el Khazen, they have found in a bag 3 bombs. Thankfully these bombs did not explode. Earlier today Cheikh Farid visited the patriarch and warned against any demonstrations attempt in the Christian regions of Lebanon because this will rise tensions between Christians.

Thousands honor slain Lebanese leader

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By ZEINA KARAM, Associated Press Writer, BEIRUT, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered Thursday to bid farewell to an assassinated politician, and his anti-Syrian allies turned his funeral into a powerful show of force against opponents led by Hezbollah militants and their backers in Damascus. The coffin of Pierre Gemayel, wrapped in the flag of his Phalange Party

Lebanese crowds defy Syria at Gemayel’s funeral

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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Lebanese choked downtown Beirut to pay tribute to assassinated Christian leader Pierre Gemayel on Thursday.Sunni Muslim, Druze and Christian leaders have accused Syria of killing Gemayel, scion of one of Lebanon’s most prominent Maronite families. Damascus has condemned his murder.

The anti-Syrian camp says the aim of the Syrian-backed opposition is to weaken Lebanon’s Western-supported government and scupper a U.N.-backed tribunal to try suspects in last year’s assassination of ex-premier Rafik al-Hariri."They will not suppress our demands for the truth, justice and the international court," Druze leader Walid Jumblatt told the crowd, speaking behind a bullet-proof screen. He stressed this was no time for strife. "At this moment and above pain and above wounds, we are for dialogue," he said.

Lebanese Cabinet minister is killed

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Our sincere condoleances to the gemayel Family and the Kataeb party and this great loss to Lebanon. Pierre Gemayel a unique asset to Lebanon.

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Prominent anti-Syrian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his Phalange Party Voice of Lebanon radio station reported. The shooting will certainly heighten the political tension in Lebanon.

Gemayel was rushed to a nearby hospital, according to the Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. and the Voice of Lebanon, the Phalange Party mouthpiece reported. The party later announced that he was dead.Gemayel, the minister of industry and son of former President Amin Gemayel.He was named for his grandfather, who founded the Phalange Party in 1936 to exert Christian power in Lebanon. It dominated Christian politics for decades after Lebanon’s independence from France in 1943.

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Lebanon in the Khazen Period

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History

Lebanon in the Period of Cheikh Abi Nader El Khazen

Written in year 2006

In 1621, Emir Fakhr Al Din appointed Cheikh Abi Nader and his uncle Cheikh Abi Safi el Khazen governors of Bsharri and assigned them the whole country. Following this, Cheikh Abi Nader el Khazen and his relatives, Khazen Cheikhs, started developing Keserwan their county and confirm its status building churches and abbeys; they promoted the Catholic faith in areas they controlled whether in Mount Lebanon or else where; this boosted them fame and glory.

Cheikh Abi Nader had a son called Abi Nawfal; a brilliant mind and excellent discretion led with rich experience in managing authority. Abi Nawfal was a Europeanised man and his father, Cheikh Abi Nader, relied on him majorly and assigned him critical issues whether in his presence or absence as to Emir Fakhr Al Din’s governing and authority. Cheikh Abi Nader would send him to Tripoli on his behalf to manage matters of Emir Hussein, son of Emir Fakhr Al Din, where he had to remain for longer periods; His extraordinary management gained him appreciation which was indicated in history while he made Jbeil Castle in Batroun his residence.

In 1630, an earthquake caused great damage to the castle which led to the death of his son Cheikh Nawfal the first and his wife, a Hobeiche family daughter and mother of Cheikh Nawfal the first. A year after in 1631, Cheikh Abi Nawfal rebuilt the castle.