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In recent weeks, tens of thousands of peaceful Lebanese demonstrators have taken to the streets in and around central Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square, calling for the withdrawal of long-time Syrian occupiers. In scenes eerily reminiscent of Ukraine this past fall, ordinary citizens stopped going to...
A Cambridge District Court judge rejected a proposed plea agreement and recommended jail time yesterday for a former Harvard Extension School student accused of scamming more than a dozen people out of tens of thousands of dollars.
In the 1991 uprising, tens of thousands of Shi'ites and Kurds were killed by the raw power of Saddam's helicopters and tanks and secret police. What was different this time? No Saddam. The American army had come ashore to disarm and depose him. After the sword, it provided...
The house, located in the middle-class suburb of Plainfield, NJ, is just one example of the clandestine brothels surrounding metropolitan areas all over the country. Many Americans are surprised when I tell them this story, confirming the concern raised by numerous non-governmental organizations (NGO’s) and...
More than anyone, Hariri was responsible for resurrecting Lebanon from the chaos and blight of its bloody civil war, which ravaged the country from 1975 until 1990. During his tenure, gleaming hotels and apartment towers sprang up along Beirut's Mediterranean shore. Perhaps that is why it was there, on...