Lebanese police have used a water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators on a second day of protests in the capital, Beirut. The protests have been triggered by a crisis over rubbish disposal.
Study links gun ownership rates to mass shootings
A recent study by a US criminal justice expert presents data from 171 countries to show a link between gun ownership and mass shooting rates. It claims to be the first study to provide global statistics on this topic.
Thousands protest against Lebanese govt over uncollected rubbish
Lebanese police fired tear gas and water cannon and shot in the air to try to disperse thousands of protesters in Beirut calling on the government to step down for mishandling a dispute which left rubbish uncollected in the streets for weeks.
One Year After War, People of Gaza Still Sit Among the Ruins
Lebanese Protest as Trash Piles Up in Beirut
Lebanese police clash with protesters in Beirut

Lebanese police have used a water cannon to disperse anti-government demonstrators on a second day of protests in the capital, Beirut. The protests have been triggered by a crisis over rubbish disposal.
Study links gun ownership rates to mass shootings

A recent study by a US criminal justice expert presents data from 171 countries to show a link between gun ownership and mass shooting rates. It claims to be the first study to provide global statistics on this topic.
Beirut protests turn violent for second day
Protests against the Lebanese government turned violent for a second day on Sunday, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam threatened to resign as public discontent brought thousands into the streets.
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One Year After War, People of Gaza Still Sit Among the Ruins
Not a single one of the nearly 18,000 homes destroyed or severely damaged in last summer’s war is habitable, despite an Israeli mechanism to approve reconstruction.
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via One Year After War, People of Gaza Still Sit Among the Ruins.
Breaking the Media Blackout in Western Sahara | Inter Press Service
This year will mark four decades since this territory the size of Britain was annexed by Morocco after Spain pulled out from its last colony of Western Sahara.
Since the ceasefire signed in 1991 between Morocco and the Polisario Front – the authority that the United Nations recognises as a legitimate representative of the Sahrawi people – Rabat has controlled almost the whole territory, including the entire Atlantic coast. The United Nations still labels Western Sahara as a “territory under an unfinished process of decolonisation”.
via Breaking the Media Blackout in Western Sahara | Inter Press Service.

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