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•	Ipsos, a global survey-based market research company, polled 600 Lebanese in mid-August and found that 67% believed the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon should act as observers rather than an intervention force.

•	The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict killed over 1,500 people, mostly Lebanese civilians, severely damaged Lebanese infrastructure, displaced about one million Lebanese and 500,000 Israelis, and disrupted normal life across all of Lebanon and northern Israel.

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Zena el-Khalil

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This is a portrait of a man who, overnight, turned into an international media sensation. Regardless of my political opinions, his voice was the one I waited to hear. I find that by painting him, perhaps I can break past the media pop star, and try to get to know the human being who has come to have such an overwhelming presence in my life. It is easy to take for granted the different stereotypical paradigms this man finds himself placed in. Inside Lebanon, he is seen as both a war hero and a warmonger. Outside Lebanon, he is viewed as a terrorist in Western media but, as a champion in most Arab media. Not everything is black and white, but in times of war or conflict, it is easy for things to become that way. –We live in a time when the prevailing sentiment seems to be "You are either with us, or against us." I hope that by painting this portrait, I can show that nothing is that simple.

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Kasmir one of the conflict zones of the world, is one of the most volatile regions of the world.last week only Muneer Ahmad Bhat was killed at Baramullah due to the Grenade Blast. Authorities claimed that he was a millitant which is not at...

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