When he sees politicians in full flow on his television set, Anwar reaches for the remote control. Like many Lebanese, he has developed a strong aversion for the antics of the country’s political class. "I turn to the satirical programmes that send them up instead," the photographer says.
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/ 22 November 2006
Lebanon was on a knife-edge on Wednesday, with the assassination of another leading anti-Syrian politician adding to fears the country may be again torn apart by civil strife. Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, scion of one of the country’s most prominent Christian families, was gunned down on Tuesday in an attack that drew condemnation from world leaders.
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/ 30 September 2006
Lebanon said on Saturday that it had been informed by United Nations peacekeepers that Israel was finally poised to complete its promised pull-out from the south. A government spokesperson said the commander of the UN force in Lebanon had told Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora that Israel would pull out the last of its troops on Sunday.
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/ 29 September 2006
From a hospital bed, 14-year-old Hassan tells how half his foot was blasted away by one of the million bomblets that Israel rained on south Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah. "I ran across a small object hidden in the vegetation," the teenager says from his bed in the southern town of Nabatiyah, as he struggles to come to terms with how dramatically his life has been changed.
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/ 21 October 2005
Lebanon’s pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud faced renewed calls to resign on Friday after a United Nations report implicated Syrian and Lebanese security services in the murder of ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri. The killing triggered an international outcry and led many in Lebanon to point the finger at Syria.