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1. Christian Louboutin Carthage might April 27, 2010 The picture of Carthage that emerges from these very fragmentary glimpses is a strikingly different one from the barbarous, cruel and aggressive city-state found in the Greek and Roman historical canon. Carthage migh Christian Louboutin Pump t have been founded by settlers from the Phoenician city of Tyre in what is now southern Lebanon, but it was older (early eighth century bc) than any Greek city in the central or western Mediterranean region; so much tor its ill-founded reputation as oriental gatecrasher into a pristine Hellenic world. Its Phoenician name, Qart-Hadasht, or ... (read more) Author: jj pert

2. Israel Accuses Hezbollah of Violating Lebanon Truce October 13, 2009 Israel is accusing the Islamic guerrilla group Hezbollah of endangering stability in Lebanon after a mysterious explosion. U.N peacekeepers patrol near the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre after an explosion at a Hezbollah member's home, 12 Oct 2009 Israel says Hezbollah is violating the ceasefire in Lebanon by stockpiling weapons south of the Litani River. The accusation follows an explosion in the house of a Hezbollah member near the city of Tyre in South Lebanon.  There are conflicting reports about the blast and casualties, but Israel says it was caused by Hezbollah ammunition tha... (read more)

3. Casualties Reported in Lebanon Explosion October 12, 2009 An explosion at the home of a Hezbollah official in a small Lebanese village has killed at least two people.Officials say the blast happened Monday evening in Tayr Filsi, a village near the coastal city of Tyre.Authorities are investigating the cause of the explosion and have not said whether the Hezbollah official was among the casualties.In July, an explosion at a suspected Hezbollah arms depot in southern Lebanon near the Israeli border raised concerns about the group's weapons caches.The militant Hezbollah movement fought a 34-day war with Israel in 2006 that killed about 1,200 people in L... (read more)

4. At Least 2 Rockets Fired from Lebanon Hit Israel September 11, 2009 Lebanese and UNIFIL soldiers inspect the area where two rockets were fired into Israel, from the southern town of Qlaileh, near the port city of Tyre, Lebanon, 11 Sep 2009There has been a flare-up on the Israeli border with Lebanon. At least two rockets fired from Lebanon crashed into northern Israel, breaking a calm along the border that has prevailed since January. Israeli artillery returned fire. Deputy police commander Kobi Bachar spoke to reporters at the scene.He said loud explosions startled residents, who jammed phone lines to police. The army and police rushed to the area and de... (read more)

5. UNESCO: Lebanon's Ancient Ruins Damaged by War September 18, 2006 The United Nations' cultural organization, UNESCO, says Lebanon's most important ancient ruins have sustained damage from the recent fighting between Israel and the Shi'ite militia Hezbollah. In a mission to Lebanon earlier this month, a UNESCO team found that ancient sites in the cities of Byblos, Tyre and Baalbek need to be restored. The team determined that the ruins in Byblos, along the Mediterranean coast north of Beirut, suffered the most serious damage. The team said an oil spill caused by an Israeli attack on a power plant tainted two medieval towers at the port. UNESCO says the sto... (read more)

6. Hundreds of Italian Troops Land in Lebanon to Bolster UN Force September 03, 2006 Hundreds of Italian troops are landing in Lebanon Sunday in the first major reinforcement of a U.N. mission to safeguard a truce between Israel and Hezbollah. U.N. peacekeeping officials say about 500 Italian soldiers have arrived in Lebanon since the landings began Saturday. More are expected to reach Lebanon today, boosting the Italian contingent to about 900 troops. Italian navy boats transported most of the soldiers to the southern port of Tyre, where they unloaded trucks and equipment. More Italian troops were due to arrive in the capital, Beirut, by boat and air. Italy plans to deploy 2... (read more)

7. First Major Contingent of UN Troops Begin Arriving in South Lebanon September 02, 2006 The first major deployment of international forces to monitor a ceasefire between Hezbollah militants and Israel began arriving in Lebanon Saturday.  The Italian contingent will help keep the peace, but not try to disarm Hezbollah. They began arriving early Saturday by helicopter.  By mid-afternoon, 10 amphibious vehicles had come ashore on a beachfront in Tyre, while other equipment was diverted further south to the port of Naqoura. A spokesman for the Italian troops said rough seas were slowing the landing operation, and by late afternoon, many of the peacekeepers were still aboar... (read more)

8. Reporter's Notebook: South Lebanon Faces Monumental Cleanup Effort September 01, 2006 The recent fighting between Israeli troops and Hezbollah militants devastated large areas of Lebanon.  For the past month, VOA correspondent Margaret Besheer has been reporting on the conflict and the impact it has had on the Lebanese people.  In this reporter's notebook, she shares impressions from her first visit to some of the towns in south Lebanon that were at the heart of the fighting, starting from the southern coastal city of Tyre. My route took me southeast through Qana to Bint Jbeil, and ended in Maroun al Ras, very close to the southern border with Israel. More than a mo... (read more)

9. Lebanon Army Moves Into Southern Lebanon August 17, 2006 Lebanese Army soldier flashes victory sign as he rides in a truck on the way to deployment in southern Lebanon, Thursday, August 17, 2006 Lebanese soldiers atop armoured personnel carriers ride in convoy to be deployed, after their arrival by navy transport, background left, at the port in Tyre, Lebanon, August 17, 2006... (read more)

10. Lebanese Return Home to South As Cease-fire Takes Hold August 14, 2006 After a month of fighting in Lebanon, a U.N.-mediated cease-fire has taken hold between Israel and Hezbollah militants. Thousands of people are streaming back to their homes, despite government warnings that it is not yet safe. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough reports from the southern village of Yatar. After a night of intense bombardment, the last Israeli rocket struck the port city of Tyre about 10 minutes before the cease-fire took effect. Israeli artillery stopped pounding the hills to the south and east a few minutes later. As silence fell, the first cars started venturing onto the ... (read more)

11. Aid Efforts in South Lebanon Stifled by Continued Israeli Airstrikes August 12, 2006 A new shipment of aid has reached the southern Lebanese city of Tyre, which has been largely cut off from the outside world since Monday.  But Red Cross officials say it is still almost impossible to get help to southern villages while Israeli airstrikes continue.  The International Committee of the Red Cross had been trying to get this ship full of relief supplies into the Tyre port for more than a week.  The Israeli military finally gave it clearance to dock on Saturday.  A crane lifted several 4x4 vehicles off the vessel, bearing trademark Red Cross flags, and then got... (read more)

12. Red Cross Official Arrives in Israel to Discuss Humanitarian Conditions August 09, 2006 The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross is in Israel for talks with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on the region's humanitarian situation. The Red Cross says Jakob Kellenberger reached Israel Wednesday by road from the embattled southern Lebanese port of Tyre, where he spent two days surveying conditions. Kellenberger is expected to discuss humanitarian conditions in northern Israel and southern Lebanon with Mr. Olmert and the Israeli foreign and defense ministers. Meanwhile, aid agencies said Wednesday that desperately needed humanitarian relief is being paralyzed after the Is... (read more)

13. South Lebanon in Lockdown After Israeli Warning August 08, 2006 Vehicle traffic in southern Lebanon has come to a virtual standstill after the Israeli military warned residents that every single car on the road will be considered a target.  Ambulances are no longer leaving the southern port city of Tyre to evacuate wounded people from surrounding villages.  The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has visited southern Lebanon and is warning both sides in the conflict that international law requires them to protect civilian lives. The Israeli military dropped leaflets warning residents of all of southern Lebanon to sta... (read more)

14. Israel Considers Expanding Lebanon Offensive August 07, 2006 Israeli warplanes struck the cities of Beirut and Tyre, as well as areas in southern Lebanon Monday, killing donzens of people. Hezbollah rockets also wounded at least five Israelis Monday. Israel's prime minister met with senior defense officials to discuss whether to expand Israel's operations in Lebanon, but no decision was taken on the matter. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert toured frontline areas with senior defense officials of the Northern Command, which is directing Israel's ground campaign in Lebanon. Israeli newspapers say military planners have asked Mr. Olmert for permission to expand... (read more)

15. Lebanese PM: at Least 40 Killed in Israeli Strike on Border Village August 07, 2006 Lebanon's prime minister says Israeli airstrikes killed more than 40 people in the border village of Houla. Fuad Siniora called the attack a horrific massacre. Israeli airstrikes in other parts of southern and eastern Lebanon killed at least 23 people Monday, including five who died in strikes on an apartment complex in Tyre. Israeli warplanes hit Hezbollah strongholds in southern Beirut and the Bekaa Valley and destroyed a makeshift bridge over the Litani River north of Tyre.  Israeli ground troops are also fighting Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.  Israel says one soldi... (read more)

16. One Israeli Soldier Killed, Eight Wounded in Lebanon August 05, 2006 One Israeli soldier has been killed in ground fighting in Lebanon and eight Israelis were wounded in a commando raid on the Lebanese city of Tyre. More than three weeks after fighting started, Hezbollah struck Israel with its deepest rocket attacks to date. About 10,000 Israeli troops are in Lebanon hunting for Hezbollah rocket launchers. However late Friday Hezbollah rockets struck the Israeli city of Hadera, nearly 80 kilometers from the Lebanese border. More Hezbollah rockets struck the city of Haifa on Saturday. Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev says the ultimate solution wi... (read more)

17. Two Lebanese Girls, Alone, Fear for Their Family August 03, 2006 By the latest estimates, Israel's military campaign against Hezbollah militants in Lebanon has forced up to one million people to flee from their homes.  An unknown number of civilians remain in besieged southern Lebanese villages because they either cannot or will not leave.  From the southern coastal city of Tyre, VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has the story of two little girls separated from their family by the violence. Medics from the Red Cross are unloading three patients from an ambulance after a treacherous journey from Aaitaroun, a village near the Israeli border that... (read more)

18. Lebanese City Stages Second Mass Burial July 29, 2006 The three hospitals in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre on Saturday held their second mass burial since the start of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. Thirty coffins were lowered into a single grave, because the morgues cannot hold any more bodies. Many of the dead buried on Saturday come from villages in the countryside surrounding Tyre. It is too dangerous now for families to return to their towns to bury their loved ones at home, as tradition dictates. The war has forced some 750,000 Lebanese people to flee their homes, and it has also displaced the dead, a... (read more)

19. Some Residents Refuse to Leave South Lebanon July 27, 2006 Southern Lebanon has been pounded by more than two weeks of Israeli airstrikes and artillery, which have leveled villages and forced roughly half a million people to flee their homes.  The Israeli military, using leaflets, radio broadcasts and telephone messages, has warned civilians to flee.  But in the port city of Tyre, 25 kilometers from the border, some residents are stubbornly refusing to go. At Tyre's main outdoor market, a vegetable merchant adjusted the antenna on a tiny black-and-white television, trying to get a better reception.  The television was blaring a local a... (read more)

20. Daily Surrender Psalms 119:118 April 12, 2006 April 12, 2006 Psa 119:118 KJV Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. History is one of the greatest proofs of the existence of its great Planner: God. One doesn’t need to be a theologian to see it. Prophecies concerning the fate of certain cities have been amazingly fulfilled! For example, through the prophet Ezekiel, the Lord said that the city of Tyre in Lebanon would be completely destroyed & would become as bare as the top of a rock; and that her stones & debris would be cast into the sea, and that she would become a pla... (read more) Author: Patrick Lumbroso

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