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Beirut

August 28, 2020

MENA billionaires’ wealth has increased by $10 billion since start of pandemic

The 21 billionaires in the Middle East and North Africa saw their wealth increase by nearly $10 billion since the start of the COVID-19 crisis, while 45 million more people in the region could be pushed to poverty as a result of the pandemic, a new Oxfam report has revealed.
August 12, 2020

Refugees included in Beirut blast death toll

There are fears that the death toll among Beirut’s refugee population of some 200,000 could rise further.
August 9, 2020

Plane carrying trauma and surgical supplies arrives in Beirut

A plane carrying 20 tonnes of World Health Organisation health supplies has landed in Beirut, Lebanon, to support the treatment of patients injured by the massive blast that occurred in the city on 4 August 2020.
April 18, 2008

Welcoming migrants is not optional, says world church body

Migration is a fact of life, an instinct to survive and an inevitable consequence of globalization - something we can neither turn our backs on it nor control, declared a statement of participants at a faith-led public hearing in Beirut.
April 17, 2008

Christians and Muslims seek cooperation on human challenge of migration

Migration is a human concern, not a Muslim or a Christian one, and joint action is vital, declared representatives of Lebanon's six most numerous faith communities at a Public Hearing on Migration in Beirut this week.
February 15, 2007

Lebanese peace rally seeks to bring Christians and Muslims together

More than 300,000 Lebanese people took part in a huge unity rally in Beirut, the country's capital, on 14 February 2007. They were there to mark the anniversary of the murder of parliamentarian Rafik Hariri, reports Independent Catholic News.
December 28, 2006

Beirut writers win Pax Christi International Peace Prize

Two Beirut-based writers and activists have been awarded the 2006 Pax Christi International Peace Prize for their efforts to promote justice and reconciliation in the Middle East and around the world - reports the Daily Star newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon.