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Efforts to reach deal on vote law pick up pace
The Lebanon Daily StarEfforts to reach agreement on a new electoral law gained momentum Friday after Speaker Nabih Berri submitted a plan that could break the deadlock over a voting system, in a perceived last-ditch bid to avert a lengthy delay in the June parliamentary polls....Tags: Lebanon, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Russia envoy seeks to shield Lebanon
The Lebanon Daily StarA special Middle East envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin began talks in Beirut Thursday on how to protect Lebanon from the repercussions of the 2-year-old civil war in neighboring Syria. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov arrived...Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Moscow (Russia), Kidnapping, Russia
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Lebanon deal? Much more is required
The Lebanon Daily StarDespite fundamental divergences over an array of key topics that have left the country in limbo, the country's rival political factions agree on one issue -- A package deal is not yet ripe to solve the woes of Lebanon and the region. Sources from both...Tags: Lebanon, Politics, Saudi Arabia, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government
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Boeing, billionaire Penny Pritzker among Obama's donors
Tribune reporterIllinois donors to President Barack Obama’s second inauguration included aviation giant Boeing Co., which contributed $1 million, and billionaire Penny Pritzker, who gave $250,000, according to newly filed records. Pritzker, who is being vetted by...Tags: Kwame Raoul, Bill Enyart, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Political Fundraising, Politics
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Amended report cuts Pritzker's inaugural gift in half
— Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, under consideration to become President Barack Obama's commerce secretary, gave the 2013 inauguration a contribution of $250,000, not $500,000, according to an amended report filed this week. The...
Tags: Politics, Barack Obama, Elections, Penny Pritzker
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$6 million to aid three Phila. public schools
The Philadelphia InquirerThree progressive Philadelphia public schools will expand in the fall as a result of a $6 million investment from a city nonprofit with growing clout, officials announced Wednesday. Money from the Philadelphia School Partnership (PSP) will expand the...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Students, Finance, Entertainment
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Jumblatt slams Salafist calls for Jihad in Syria
The Lebanon Daily StarProgressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt criticized Wednesday calls by Salafist leaders in Lebanon for Jihad in Syria, and urged Hezbollah to end its involvement in the conflict. "Just as we call on Hezbollah to end its participation in...Tags: Lebanon, Religious Conflicts, Saad Hariri, Jihad, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Inaugural group amends report: Pritzker gave $250,000, not $500,000
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Chicago billionaire Penny Pritzker, under consideration to lead the Commerce Department, gave the president’s 2013 inauguration a contribution of $250,000, not $500,000, according to an amended report filed Tuesday. The...Tags: Federal Election Commission, Penny Pritzker
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BRIEF: PSP official, Saudi envoy travel to Amman
The Lebanon Daily StarCaretaker Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour and Saudi Arabia Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Awad Asiri travelled together to Jordan overnight, a source at Rafik Hariri International Airport said Tuesday. The source, speaking to The Daily Star on...Tags: Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Jumblatt sees link between Boston and Syria
The Lebanon Daily StarProgressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt Monday tied last week's bombings in Boston with the unrest in Syria. In an editorial published by PSP-mouthpiece Al-Anbaa, Jumblatt said it was not accidental that bombings that hit Boston, killing...Tags: Lebanon, Republic of Ireland, Entertainment, Al-Qaeda, Beirut (Lebanon)
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Mikati warns of dangers from Syria in days ahead
The Lebanon Daily StarCaretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati warned Monday of the dangers Lebanon would face in the upcoming period in light of events in Syria, but voiced optimism that government formation would not drag on and that a solution regarding a new electoral law was...Tags: Lebanon, Politics, Saad Hariri, Crime, Law and Justice, National Government
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Major corporations backed inaugural festivities
WASHINGTON — President Obama's second inaugural committee raised a little more than $43 million to put on the official festivities surrounding his January swearing-in, backed by major donations from some of the country's biggest corporations,...Tags: Political Fundraising, Politics, Lady Gaga, International Association of Fire Fighters, Barack Obama
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