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...north. Located just outside the city of Shangri-La (which used to be known as Zhongdian until the Chinese government renamed it in a bid to lure tourists), Ringha's well-heated two-story Tibetan-style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while the spa offers traditional gui shi hot-stone massages that will have you feeling even closer to heaven than the property's 3,600-m elevation...
...rebuilding effort is shaping up as a proxy battle for influence in the Middle East. Oil-rich Sunni Arabs who are worried about the rise of Hizballah and other militant Shi'ite groups in Iran and Iraq don't want to lose Lebanon. (Many of them have summer homes here.) The Saudis have already provided $1 billion in emergency funds to Lebanon's central banks and an additional $500 million in reconstruction aid to the Lebanese government. The rebuilding frenzy could provide an opportunity for the U.S. to improve its tarnished reputation with the Lebanese people...
...past two days, Ali Al Tawil has been trudging around the rubble of Haret Hreik, a Shi'a neighborhood in southern Beirut, wearing a Hizballah yellow vest and matching baseball cap that says "Jihad of Construction." Armed with only a clipboard, Al Tawil is one of about 1,500 Hizballah civil engineers who have fanned out across the country to survey the damage from over a month of war with Israel. For now, they are simply recording which buildings have been damaged, slightly damaged or obliterated. More detailed surveys will soon follow to determine what repairs need to be done...
...Israel ("Divine Victory," they read), Hizballah's reconstruction teams seem just as determined to win the peace. Certainly any other country, such as the United States, will be hard-pressed to match Hizballah in the coming battle to win the hearts and minds of Lebanese, or at least of Shi'a Muslim Lebanese. "Hassan Nasrallah has said he will help us, so he does what he says," said a woman as she left the Haret Hreik High School, where she had come to register her claim. "Hassan Nasrallah carries the whole country on his robes...
...north. Located just outside the city of Shangri-La (which used to be known as Zhongdian until the Chinese government renamed it in a bid to lure tourists), Ringha's well-heated two-story Tibetan-style houses feature lovely wooden bathtubs for two, while the spa offers traditional gui shi hot-stone massages that will have you feeling even closer to heaven than the property's 3,600-m elevation. Local villagers opposed to the development will sometimes bring you back down with a bump - they've been known to set up roadblocks and demand tolls from guests - but general...