At Port Angeles Washington a ferry arrives from Canada. It is a cold day in December 1999‚ a couple of weeks before Christmas‚ and most people are anxious to clear through customs and continue on their journey. The very last vehicle pulls up slowly to the customs inspection area. During routine questioning the driver seems extremely nervous and hesitates when answering questions. The customs officer cannot help but feel that something is just not right. She decides to search the vehicle. Hidden
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the east by the Anti-Lebanon mountains‚ both of which they share with what is present-day Syria. It is also bounded on the west by the Mediterranean Sea and on the south by the highlands of the Galilee‚ or what is today Occupied Palestine (Israel). Beirut‚ the capital of present-day Lebanon‚ its largest city and principal port‚ is located almost mid-way on the coastal line of the country.  Ancient History of Lebanon (2700 BCE 7th century CE) The history of Lebanon is almost as old
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It was the fact that gunmen killed four Phalangists that caused the war to ignite in Beirut on April 13‚ 1975; the attack was originally aimed on Pierre Jumayyil. The assassins were believed to be Palestinian and therefore later on during that same day‚ the Phalangists retaliated with an attack on a bus that was travelling through a Christian neighborhood. The bus was filled with Palestinian passengers and twenty-six occupants were killed. Fighting erupted the next day between Phalangists and Palestinian
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the automotive industry in addition to Palmolive‚ Colgate and other brands. In 1957‚ the Rasamny brothers went on to expand their business and opened the first showroom and back-offices under the umbrella of Rasamny Younis Motor Co. (RYMCO) in Beirut and launched their operations as exclusive dealers of Oldsmobile and GMC. As a strategic move to grow the company‚ in 1964 RYMCO built up its own showrooms‚ back-offices and after-sales facility in Chiah and added the Australian brand‚ Holden‚ to
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The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Michael Hackelton Axia College of University of Phoenix HIS 135 The American Experience Since 1945 George Lawrence-Ell 24 August 2008 The Most Significant Events in the Latter Half of the 20th Century Introduction During the latter half of the 20th century‚ the United States changed greatly in the arenas of politics‚ economics‚ and social make up. Following World War II‚ in just 50 years‚ the US saw periods of great
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in the name of race and faith. What started as a some-what operation to destroy terrorist attacks on the IDF forces along the Lebanon-Israeli border‚ later escalated into war when the supposed short-term movement led further into the outskirts of Beirut‚ (Ynetnews‚ 2008). The course of the war led to Internally displaced persons‚ camps being set up and Palestinian refugees struggling to go through survival of the event at hand. This write up however is not based on instances of the Lebanese war but
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Through their observations and analyses‚ David Sims and Kristin Monroe shed a light on the state and role of labour in the respective functioning of Greater Cairo and Beirut. Focusing on the figure of the motor scooter deliverer‚ Monroe analyses the various levels of interaction between the Syrian immigrant worker and Beirut‚ notably drawing on the concept of mobility. On a broader note‚ Sims dedicated a chapter of his work to the elaboration of a comprehensive portrait of labour in Cairo. In fact
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LEBANON‚ 1958 Unrest in the Middle East This paper was written with the intent of the reader gaining a further knowledge of the role the United States intervention played in stabilizing Lebanon in 1958‚ when the country was on the brink of civil war. The paper briefly gives a summary on the state of Lebanon‚ how a civil war was nearly imminent‚ and why the United States got involved. The U.S. military had no idea what they would encounter in country but were prepared
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Governor of District 83‚ later a Director of Rotary International was well involved in chartering a number of the Rotary Clubs the District. Members of Beirut Rotary club were interested to organizing clubs in Damascus and Aleppo3. In April‚ 19384 Rotary International president Maurice DuPerrey after attended the District 83 Conference in Beirut; He was honored with Lebanese Medal of Merit. Then he went to Damascus and presented the Charter to the Rotary club of Damascus in Syria‚ the first Rotary
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· In July 2006 Hezbollah‚ under the leadership of Sheik Hassan Nasrallah‚ enters Israel and captures two Israeli soldiers. · In response‚ Israel launches a major military attack‚ bombing the Lebanese airport and parts of southern Lebanon. Hezbollah retaliates by launching hundreds of rockets and missles‚ believed to have been supplied by Syria and Iran into Israel. · On August 14‚ 2006‚ United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 goes into effect. · UNSCR 1701 increased UNIFIL
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