The Associated Press, or AP, reports that arrests at the border between Mexico and the United States fell sharply in the month of June. The AP report says its information came from a U.S. official. The lower number follows four months of increases. T

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The United States is facing a crisis of illegal immigration on its southern border, said Vice President Mike Pence during a recent speech in Guatemala. The majority of migrants are coming from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Since the start of

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Nancy Ajram is a Lebanese pop singer. She ranks as the third best-selling female singer in Lebanese history, and has sold over forty million records. She was born in 1983 and started singing at the age of eight. She appeared in a singing contest for

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Ed Yeranian Lebanese Army troops and riot police have fired on a crowd of stone-throwing demonstrators in a suburb of Beirut. Lebanese television stations are reporting three people were killed and a

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New Zealand border control officers take on new search, detention powers WELLINGTON, Sept.3 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand immigration officers took on a range of new search and detention powers Monday, in a move the government said would protect the integr

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A 7-year-old girl died while being detained by U.S. immigration officers, government officials said. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday called the death a tragic situation but said it was not to blame. The officials said the

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By Challiss McDonough Nabatiyeh, Lebanon 30 January 2007 Shi'ite Muslims around the world Tuesday held ritual celebrations marking the holy day known as Ashura, which commemorates the death of Muhammad's grandson. The Shi'ite ceremonies in Lebanon f

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Lebanese Fable Follows Female Fight For Peace Where Do We Go From Here? opens with a group of black-clad women moving slowly from the village toward the cemetery. But, instead of walking, they sway and slide in a mystical dance, establishing the film

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Rana Fakih, left, the sister of Miss USA Rima Fakih, talks on the phone as her daughter looks on, in front of her grandparents house in the southern village of Srifa, near the port-city of Tyre, Lebanon, 17 May 2010 The new Miss USA, Rima Fakih, has

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The resignations of 11 Hezbollah cabinet members in Lebanon has plunged the country into its worst political crisis since 2008, when sectarian street clashes claimed dozens of lives and brought Lebanon to the brink of another civil war. The so-called

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Lebanese Take Sides in Syrian Civil War Posters of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad festoon this hilltop neighborhood overlooking Tripoli, Lebanons second largest city. This one reads: The Arab nation will not kneel as long as Bashar al-Assad is thei

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Lebanese Winemakers Thrive Despite War Next Door 黎巴嫩葡萄酒生意战火中一枝独秀 BEKAA VALLEY, LEBANON In some of the most volatile parts of Lebanon where a constant flow of refugees cross the border from Syria, one industry continues t

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Todd: So, Rina, you were saying Lebanon, or Beirut, has really good night clubs. (Mm-hm) Ah, what's a really cool night club in Beirut? Rina: My favorite night club was rated 5th in Maxim magazine, and it's called B. O. 18, and what it used to be was

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: We're heading overseas now to Lebanon. It is home to more refugees per capita than any other country in the world. Most of them are Syrians. NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports on how public opinion in Lebanon is now turning against thos

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The land border crossing between Tijuana, Mexico, and San Ysidro, Calif., is the busiest in the world. As Jonathan Levinson reports, among the crowd are students whose families live in Tijuana and who commute each morning to brin

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By Ernest Leong Washington, D.C. 02 January 2006 watch report on Syria A United Nations commission has asked to interview Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara regardin

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For more on this, we're joined by our current affairs commentator, Victor Gao Zhikai. Welcome to our program. Q1. Could the peaceful negotiation of land border with Vietnam serve as an example for the two countries' maritime border demarcation, as we

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Stuck in Issad in eastern Lebanon, Syrian refugees have become a majority here and many of them have little hope of returning home soon. These mountains stretching into Syria have retreat for opposition fighters who fled the latest advance by the Syr

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As voters in Lebanon go to the polls on Sunday (June 7) , one issue seems to be dominating the elections more than any other: security. In the tumultuous landscape of Lebanese politics, the issue of security is of particular importance to one candid

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden met Friday with Lebanese leaders in Beirut, two weeks before parliamentary elections. Lebanon's Western-backed government is locked in a close electoral contest with the pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies. 美国副总统

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