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World Explosion at Factory in Eastern China Kills 65 An explosion at a factory in eastern China on Saturday killed 65 people, a government broadcaster said, while more than 100 were injured in what ... 02 August 2014, 07:25
Lebanon Lebanon Supplies DNA Samples in Air Algerie Crash Case Lebanon has handed over DNA samples from relatives of 20 citizens killed in a July 24 Air Algerie plane crash in Mali, a foreign ministry source to... 01 August 2014, 17:53
Lebanon Saniora Meets al-Rahi: No Issues Take Precedence over Electing President Head of the Mustaqbal bloc MP Fouad Saniora lamented on Friday the parliamentary blocs' failure to elect a new president given the boycott some pow... 01 August 2014, 12:55 6
Lebanon Qahwaji on Army Day: Coexistence, National Unity Distinguished the Military Army chief General Jean Qahwaji stressed on Friday during the marking of the Army Day that the military is the guardian of national unity, diversit... 01 August 2014, 11:24 14

Lebanon

Syrian Refugee Women Tell Stories about Sexual Exploitation in Lebanon 01 August 2014, 18:52 12
Woman Held in Tripoli over Explosive Belt, Drugs 01 August 2014, 17:27 10
Hariri Hails Saudi King's Speech on Terrorism, Gaza 01 August 2014, 17:21 13
Judge Issues Arrest Warrants against Six Suspects for ISIL, Nusra Front Links 01 August 2014, 13:46 4
Suspect behind Firing Rockets against Israel Released 01 August 2014, 13:27 11
Syrian Warplanes Stage Raid on Arsal, Several Wounded 01 August 2014, 13:16 37
Qabbani Refuses to Budge an Inch, Rejects Election of Sheikh Daryan as his Successor 01 August 2014, 09:20 8
Report: Vatican Says Lebanon's Maronites 'Lost their Minds' over Pursuit of Power 01 August 2014, 08:52 39
Jumblat: Lebanon Will Inevitably Be Affected by ISIL 01 August 2014, 08:23 21
Controversial New Pay Hike Hits Rock Bottom as Consultations Reach Impasse 01 August 2014, 08:20
Traditional Army Day Ceremony Canceled Due to Presidential Vacuum 01 August 2014, 08:07 7
Hearing Reset for Lebanese Suspect in U.N. Soldier Deaths 01 August 2014, 07:09

Middle East

U.S. Congress Approves Funding for Israel's Iron Dome 02 August 2014, 07:29
Philippines Urges Workers in Libya to Leave While they Can 02 August 2014, 07:27
Dozens Killed in Gaza as Israel Says Truce Over after Soldier Reportedly Captured 01 August 2014, 22:48 31
Obama Urges 'Unconditional' Release of Israeli Soldier Held in Gaza 01 August 2014, 22:24 2
Israeli Soldier's Capture: Echoes of Gilad Shalit 01 August 2014, 22:19 3
Islamic State Withdraws from Deir Ezzor Villages 01 August 2014, 21:50 1
Despite the Carnage, Gaza People Say War Must Go On 01 August 2014, 19:34
Tunisia Urges Its Citizens to Leave Libya 'Soonest' 01 August 2014, 19:11
Tunisia Cop Hurt as Libyans Fire to Stop Crowd from Storming Border 01 August 2014, 16:54
6 Dead, Hundreds Hurt as Quake Stirs Panic in Algiers 01 August 2014, 16:51
Two Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank 01 August 2014, 16:32
Philippines Admits Massive Libya Evacuation Plan a 'Challenge' 01 August 2014, 16:28

World

Australian PM Welcomes Recovery of More MH17 Remains 02 August 2014, 07:21
Cameron Says NATO Must Respond to Russia 02 August 2014, 07:19
35 Injured as Trains Collide in Southern Germany 02 August 2014, 07:16
Azeri Troops Killed in Clashes with Armenia as Tensions Flare 02 August 2014, 07:13
Six Guilty of Assassination Attempt on Ecuador President 02 August 2014, 07:11
Violent Mexican State Restricts Crime Reporting 02 August 2014, 07:09
Death Toll in Mali Plane Crash Revised to 116 02 August 2014, 07:06
Obama: After 9/11, 'We Tortured Some Folks' 02 August 2014, 07:05
Obama Says Delegates from Ebola-hit Regions to be Screened for Africa Summit 01 August 2014, 22:56
Obama: After 9/11 'We Tortured Some Folks' 01 August 2014, 22:54 1
Ukraine President Promises Early Parliament Elections 01 August 2014, 21:57
North Korea Turns to U.N. over U.S.-SKorea War Games 01 August 2014, 21:35

Business

Japan's Sharp Logs $17.4 Million First-Quarter Net Loss 01 August 2014, 10:20
China Manufacturing Activity Surges in July 01 August 2014, 09:57
Loom Band Craze Fetches French Couple $1 Million 01 August 2014, 09:48
Analysts: Unclear Whether Sanctions Can Influence Russia 01 August 2014, 09:41
Argentina Blames U.S. for Debt Woes, Denies Default 01 August 2014, 09:39
Tesla Loss Widens as it Ramps up Expansion Plan 01 August 2014, 09:32
Germany's Adidas Issues Profit Warning, Shares Plunge 31 July 2014, 13:58
Toshiba Q1 Net Profit Surges 68.7 Percent 31 July 2014, 10:54
Sony Posts $261 Mn Net Profit in Q1 on PS4 Sales, Weak Yen 31 July 2014, 10:24
Japan's Nintendo Shares Plunge More than 6.0 Percent 31 July 2014, 09:48
Samsung Posts 19.6 Percent Fall in Q2 Net Profit 31 July 2014, 09:39
Airbus Says No Room for More Talks in Cancelled Japan Jet Deal 31 July 2014, 09:15

Entertainment

Usher 'Overwhelmed' by Supporters of Foundation 01 August 2014, 10:00
Lorde Tasked with 'Hunger Games' Soundtrack 01 August 2014, 09:30
'Guardians of the Galaxy' Set to Take over U.S. Theaters 01 August 2014, 09:29
Social Media Sizzles as 'Sharknado 2' Audience Grows 01 August 2014, 09:20
No Turkish Actor Would Play Slain Armenian Journalist 31 July 2014, 16:18
Contract Dispute Delays 'Big Bang' Production 31 July 2014, 09:40
Paramount Apologizes after Ninja Turtles Poster Recalls 9/11 31 July 2014, 09:33
Groundbreaking Set for Graceland Hotel 31 July 2014, 09:27
At Skywalker Ranch, the 'Force' of George Lucas is Everywhere 31 July 2014, 09:08
Doutzen Kroes Welcomes Daughter Myllena Mae 30 July 2014, 19:03
Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem Sign Open Letter Condemning Israel for Gaza 'Genocide' 30 July 2014, 15:31 6
Maggie Gyllenhaal Glows as 'The Honorable Woman' 30 July 2014, 10:31

Offbeat

Name that Child: Chinese Officials Offer Bonus for Mother's Moniker 01 August 2014, 12:30
Fifty Kilos of Cocaine Missing from Paris Police HQ 01 August 2014, 11:40
Osaka Police Hide 81,000 Crimes to Clean up Image 01 August 2014, 10:01
Polish '#eatapples' Twitter Campaign Bites Back at Russian Sanctions 01 August 2014, 09:38
India Hires Masked Monkey Men to Combat Macaque Menace 01 August 2014, 09:36
China Cultural Revolution 'Hero' to Make $30 Mn from IPO 31 July 2014, 10:58
U.S. Spy Agency Patents Car Seat for Kids 31 July 2014, 09:11
U.S. Gourmet Burger Spot Puts Donut in its Place 31 July 2014, 09:04
Woman Strips Naked to Hug Mandela Statue in S.Africa 30 July 2014, 13:16
Ticket me Elmo? NYC Mulls Law for Impersonators 30 July 2014, 12:42
Rebel Chief in East Ukraine Bans Swearing 30 July 2014, 12:20 1
Elegant Louvre Garden in Paris Infested with Rats 30 July 2014, 10:34 1

Sports

Pistorius Sells Home for Less than Hoped to Pay for Murder Trial 01 August 2014, 11:10
Pizarro Strike Lifts Bayern to Friendly Win over Chivas 01 August 2014, 09:55
Evra: Juventus the Right Choice for Me 01 August 2014, 09:55
Bolt Sprints into Glasgow Spotlight 01 August 2014, 09:43
Lukaku Not Up for Chelsea Fight - Mourinho 01 August 2014, 09:33
Griezmann Looking to Learn from Atletico Teammates 01 August 2014, 09:18
Suarez 'too Good' for Arsenal, Says Gerrard 31 July 2014, 13:56
Liverpool Edge Man City on Penalties in Friendly 31 July 2014, 10:00 1
Some 'Licking their Chops' at Nadal Absence 31 July 2014, 09:56
Serena on Song in WTA Return at Stanford 31 July 2014, 09:49
Bosh Officially Re-Signs with Heat 31 July 2014, 09:42
Lukaku Joins Everton in Club Record £28m Deal 31 July 2014, 09:40

Culture

Muslim Visitors to Japan Forecast to Hit a Million by 2020 01 August 2014, 11:41
Interfaith House of Prayer to be Built in Berlin 01 August 2014, 09:57
London's Theaters in 'Golden Period' Says Study 01 August 2014, 09:25
Saving Private Smith: Real WWI Story that Beats Hollywood 01 August 2014, 09:16
French Ballet Stars Offer Hope to Tiny Fukushima Dancers 31 July 2014, 14:00
Seventy Years on, Poles still Deeply Moved by Warsaw Uprising 31 July 2014, 09:51
China Promises to Remove Urban-Rural Registration Divide 31 July 2014, 09:22
Isolated Indigenous Make Contact with Outside World in Brazil 31 July 2014, 08:53
S.Africa Shantytown Forces Anti-Apartheid Museum to Close 31 July 2014, 08:48
Hindenburg, 80 Years On, Still Divides Germany 31 July 2014, 08:47
Uganda Activists Launch Court Bid to Overturn anti-Gay Law 30 July 2014, 15:34
Over 100 Japanese Students Evicted from Dorm for Drinking 30 July 2014, 14:40

Science

Study Traces Dinosaur Evolution into Early Birds 01 August 2014, 09:53
No Walk in the Park for S. Africa's Embattled Game Rangers 01 August 2014, 09:52
See-Through Mice Reveal Details of Inner Anatomy 01 August 2014, 09:50
Mars 2020 Rover Will Carry Tools to Make Oxygen 01 August 2014, 09:20 1
Pacific Leaders Say Climate Will Claim Entire Nations 31 July 2014, 14:53
Thai Airways Bans Shark Fin from Cargo Flights 30 July 2014, 20:59
Milky Weigh: Scientists Take Weight of the Galaxy 30 July 2014, 20:56
Riddle of Bulging Moon Solved at Last 30 July 2014, 20:06
Europe Launches Last Resupply Ship to Space Station 30 July 2014, 07:22
After Early Troubles, All Go for Milky Way Telescope 29 July 2014, 18:26
Japan Wraps Up Pacific Whale Hunt 29 July 2014, 13:10
WWF: Tiger Campaign Threatened by Poor Data 29 July 2014, 12:39

Health

Lebanon Takes Steps to Guard against Entry of Ebola 01 August 2014, 14:05
Emirates Suspends Flights to Guinea over Ebola Fears 01 August 2014, 13:18
U.S. Congress Adopts Veteran Healthcare Reform 01 August 2014, 10:09 1
U.S. Scientists Take Step Toward Blood Test for Suicide 01 August 2014, 09:22
Britain to Map 100,000 DNA Code Sequences 01 August 2014, 09:17
WHO, African States to Launch $100mn Ebola Response Plan as Death Toll Rises to 729 31 July 2014, 15:57 1
Ebola-Hit Sierra Leone Declares State of Emergency 31 July 2014, 14:05
Japan's Smoking Rate Drops to Record Low 31 July 2014, 09:32
Drug-Resistant Malaria Spreading Fast in SE Asia 31 July 2014, 09:03
Ebola Discoverer Says Would Sit Next to Victim on Train 31 July 2014, 09:01
Liberia Shuts Schools in Battle against Ebola 30 July 2014, 22:44
Fatigue, Fear Are Daily Lot of Ebola Fighters 30 July 2014, 20:39

Technology

Twitter: Govt. Requests for User Data Increased 01 August 2014, 09:48
Facebook Unveils Free Internet App, Starting in Zambia 01 August 2014, 09:31
Android Grabs 85% of Smartphone Market 01 August 2014, 09:23
Google Says 'Forgetting' isn't Easy, as Requests Mount 01 August 2014, 09:13
China's Alibaba Potentially to Invest in Snapchat 31 July 2014, 10:55
Country Web Domains Can't be Seized 31 July 2014, 08:59
Pinterest Buys Startup with Image Organizing Skills 31 July 2014, 08:57
Microsoft Challenging U.S. on Overseas Data 31 July 2014, 08:56
Britain to Trial Driverless Cars from 2015 30 July 2014, 14:28
Microsoft Says Complies with Law in China amid Probe 30 July 2014, 08:48
Escaping Email: Inspired Vision or Hallucination? 30 July 2014, 07:58
Twitter Flies on Surprisingly Strong Numbers 30 July 2014, 07:29

Entrepreneurship

Cloud961 Magazine Turns One 09 July 2014, 11:11 2
MIT Enterprise Forum Arab Startup Competition Takes Thirty Entrepreneurs to Silicon Valley 16 June 2014, 13:30
Bader Launches Startup Cup Business Competition 12 May 2014, 14:40
Dots Addresses Mobile App - Get your address in Lebanon now 08 May 2014, 17:47 3
Lebanese startup launches website putting all banks at your fingertips and aims beyond – Bnooki.com 02 April 2014, 16:31 1
Colonel Beer: From Venture To Adventure. 27 March 2014, 18:26 3
Campus Society: A New Social Media Website for Mideast Students, Professors and Alumni 27 March 2014, 16:58
ArabNet Beirut 2014 Opening 06 March 2014, 09:38 1
Online Transactions in Levant Total $4 Billion, to Grow at 25% as Consumer Behavior Changes 18 February 2014, 13:43 1
Escape From Paradise: A Game Inspired by the Happenings in the Middle East 16 January 2014, 16:24 1
Patrick Kass Hanna and Rabih El Khodr Lebanon Cisco Entrepreneur Institute 15 January 2014, 11:03 2
300 Startup Fans Gather at Bader's Flagship Event 27 December 2013, 17:06 2

01 August 2014, 21:58	National News Agency: 3 people were injured, one critically, as a personal dispute erupted into gunfire near a pharmacy in Akkar's Burqayel.
01 August 2014, 20:47	OTV: Abdullah al-Hajj was shot dead by Ali Mahmoud Hablas during a personal dispute in Akkar's Burqayel.
01 August 2014, 19:44	LBCI: Around 20 wounded Syrians arrived at Arsal's field hospitals following clashes and Syrian airstrikes.
01 August 2014, 19:44	Naharnet: A candlelight vigil got underway at the beginning of Hamra Street in solidarity with Gaza.
01 August 2014, 18:46	Statement issued by Rabieh: The conferees agreed to maintain contacts over the new wage scale.
01 August 2014, 18:40	MTV: The meeting between Aoun and Hassan Khalil was not positive and no solutions regarding the wage scale have been reached until the moment.
01 August 2014, 18:31	OTV: The meeting between Aoun and ministers Khalil and Bou Saab has ended.
01 August 2014, 18:23	Al-Jadeed: Finance Minister Khalil is meeting with MP Michel Aoun in the presence of Education Minister Bou Saab, amid close viewpoints regarding the new wage scale.
01 August 2014, 17:10	Ex-PM Saad Hariri: Saudi King Abdullah raised the alarm in his speech, warning the international community of the dangers in failing to take quick and serious initiatives to combat terrorism.
01 August 2014, 16:39	The ISF Intelligence Bureau arrested in Naameh a Syrian man on charges of riding a motorbike without legal papers while carrying a quantity of hashish.
01 August 2014, 16:29	OTV: Two rockets hit the Hermel region after being fired from the Eastern Mountain Belt.
01 August 2014, 16:04	Free Sunnis of Baalbek Brigade: We have recruited several members who will operate in sensitive places in the "Crusader state" and they will become active in the appropriate time and when needed.
01 August 2014, 15:03	SCC chief Hanna Gharib: We warn against manipulating the official school certificates and against giving school statements to students.
01 August 2014, 15:02	SCC chief Hanna Gharib: We'll continue to boycott the correction of official exams in response to the procrastination in approving the wage scale.
01 August 2014, 14:57	SCC after meeting Khalil: Discussions over the new wage scale have returned to square one.
01 August 2014, 14:49	Khalil: Speaker Nabih Berri will call for a parliamentary session to endorse the new pay hike as soon as we reach common ground.
01 August 2014, 14:48	Khalil: We are not the only party responsible for the delay but we are keen to continue discussions regarding the new wage scale.
01 August 2014, 14:47	Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil after a meeting with an SCC delegation: The sharp differences over the funding of the new pay hike remain.
01 August 2014, 14:42	Military sources to LBCI: A Lebanese woman strapped with an explosive belt was detained in the town of Aaironiyeh in the north. She is reportedly the wife of a Roumieh inmate.
01 August 2014, 12:56	NNA: Two people were wounded when their vehicle overturned in the Wadi Jilo area in Jwayya in Tyre.
01 August 2014, 12:38	MTV: Syrian warplanes carried out raids on al-Ajram and al-Samarani areas on the outskirts of Arsal.
01 August 2014, 12:35	Saniora: The Mustaqbal bloc has repeatedly said that the regional developments are the product of dictatorships and Lebanon has suffered a lot from such regimes.
01 August 2014, 12:34	Saniora: Some sides are using Islam as an excuse to commit their crimes.
01 August 2014, 12:34	Saniora: Our talks with al-Rahi also addressed regional developments that violate Islamic and humanitarian principles.
01 August 2014, 12:33	Saniora: The elections should not be linked to regional developments.
01 August 2014, 12:33	Saniora: Our talks with al-Rahi tackled the boycott of the elections and efforts to end the obstruction of the polls.
01 August 2014, 12:32	Saniora: Presidential elections sessions should no longer be obstructed.
01 August 2014, 12:32	Saniora: The fatal vacuum is having negative repercussions on various fields.
01 August 2014, 12:31	Saniora: No other issue takes precedence over the election of a president.
01 August 2014, 12:31	Saniora: The presidential vacuum is fatal to Lebanon.
01 August 2014, 12:30	Mustaqbal bloc chief MP Fouad Saniora after meeting al-Rahi: We held talks on the presidential elections.
01 August 2014, 11:02	VDL (100.5): A delegation from al-Mustaqbal parliamentary bloc arrived in Bkirki for talks with al-Rahi.
01 August 2014, 10:53	Qahwaji in Order of the Day: We have taken an oath to make the army the guardian of the national unity and coexistence.
01 August 2014, 10:29	VDL (100.5): PM Tammam Salam is holding talks with General Prosecutor Judge Samir Hammoud.
01 August 2014, 09:06	MP Ammar Houri to Free Lebanon radio: The Lebanese army is stronger when it becomes the sole defender of the nation.
01 August 2014, 09:02	General Prosecutor in the South Judge Samih al-Hajj passed away following an illness.
01 August 2014, 09:02	Minister Ghazi Zoaiter to VDL (93.3): The March 8 and 14 camps should take a united political stand, especially regarding the army and the harm done to its determination.
01 August 2014, 08:54	MP Kazem al-Kheir to VDL (93.3): Saniora, Abou Faour, Adwan and Khalil's meeting put the new pay hike consultations on the right track.
01 August 2014, 08:36	Security forces arrested 64 individuals throughout Lebanon for committing various crimes.

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