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2. Economy of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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   Lebanon is one of the only seven countries in the world in which the value of the stock market increased in 2008. [48] The Lebanese economy experienced continued resilience, growing 8.5 percent in 2008, 7 percent in 2009 and 8.8% in 2010. However, Lebanon's debt to GDP ratio remained one of the highest in the world. [49]

3. Demographics of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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   This especially affected the southern Shia community, as Israeli invasion of southern Lebanon in 1978, 1982, and 1996 prompted waves of mass emigration, in addition to the continual strain of occupation and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah (mainly 1982 to 2000). Many Shias from Southern Lebanon resettled in the suburbs south of Beirut.

4. Women in Lebanon - Wikipedia

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   Lebanese women obtained women's suffrage on February 8, 1953. [7] Since that time, Lebanese women have made progress towards sustainable empowerment goals. [8] In 1997, Lebanon acceded to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). In 1998, Lebanon established the National Commission for Lebanese ...

5. UN refugee agency says staff among those killed in Israeli ...

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   The UN's refugee agency says one of its staff members and one of her children were killed in an Israeli air strike in eastern Lebanon - one of well over a thousand such strikes over the past two days.

6. Israel open to ideas to de-escalate in Lebanon, says ... - AOL

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   Israel is open to ideas for de-escalating the conflict in Lebanon, Israel's U.N. Ambassador Danny Danon said on Tuesday, a day after the United States said it was exploring some "concrete ideas ...

7. Thousands Flee South Lebanon Amid Deadly Israeli Strikes - AOL

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   Thousands of people continued to flee South Lebanon after Israeli airstrikes hit 1,300 positions on Monday, killing at least 492 people. It was the deadliest day in Lebanon since the country’s ...