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50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder
What happened on April 13, 1975, would change the course of Lebanon. An attack on a bus in Beirut plunged the country into 15 ...
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Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri: 'The civil war ended, but the conflict never ended'
A world-renowned filmmaker whose films are linked and mirror the events of the Lebanese civil war that broke out exactly 50 ...
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Lebanon displays bullet-riddled bus to commemorate start of civil war, 50 years on
An attack on a bus in the Christian suburb of Beirut on April 13, 1975 helped spark the Lebanese civil war. Lebanon is still ...
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Lebanon's civil war fighters working for reconciliation, 50 years on
Near front lines where they once battled each other, former fighters in Lebanon's civil war now gather to bear the same ...
History Today: The 1906 earthquake that shook, burnt and reshaped San Francisco
On April 18, 1906, a sound similar to ‘the roar of 10,000 lions’ filled the air as the ground shook in San Francisco, ...
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50 years after Lebanon’s civil war began, a bullet-riddled bus stands as a reminder
plunging it into 15 years of civil war. It would kill about 150,000 people, leave 17,000 missing and lead to foreign intervention. Beirut became synonymous with snipers, kidnappings and car bombs.
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Lebanese people reflect on 50th anniversary of start of country's civil war
The 15-year civil war began on April 13, 1975, and would change the course of Lebanon’s history. An estimated 150,000 people ...
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Once on civil war's frontline, Lebanon museum sees new life
BEIRUT - When Lebanon's civil war erupted 50 years ago this month, its national museum became a flashpoint of its capital's deadly frontline, with militants barricaded among ancient sarcophagi and ...