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Joelle Bassoul

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/ 8 February 2007

Tourism takes a beating in crisis-hit Lebanon

It was projected to be a golden year for Lebanon and one to beat all records; instead 2006, with its string of crises including a 34-day war, proved a disaster for the tourism sector. From the expected 1,6-million visitors, only 1,06-million travelled to the "Switzerland of the Middle East", down almost 7% on 2005 and a huge 17% on the previous year, according to Tourism Ministry figures.

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/ 22 January 2007

Sea spits oil six months after Lebanon offensive

Six months after thousands of tonnes of fuel oil spilled into the Mediterranean when Israel bombed a Lebanese power plant, the waters are still spitting out black poison despite efforts to clean up the mess. "The rain and the low tide have created new pollution zones," Ahmed Kojok of the Sea of Lebanon association told the media.

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/ 4 February 2006

Angry survivors blame crew for Egypt ferry tragedy

Surviving passengers of an ageing Egyptian ferry that sank in the Red Sea, leaving hundreds feared dead, blamed the crew Saturday for failing to turn around when a fire broke out and monopolising the life rafts. "Two hours after our departure from [the Saudi port of] Duba thick smoke started to come out of the engines," said 34-year-old Egyptian Raafat al-Sayyed.

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