by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 20, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Abandoned property is an easy magnet for trash, a fact the residents of Aylesbury in the UK know too well: Disused, damaged garages and dumped rubbish are making an area of Aylesbury look ‘more like Beirut’. The area, just off Whaddon...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jun 3, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
In a US Memorial Day article, Chris Vaughn of the Star-Telegram explains to readers about 1982 Beirut: The Marines had been sent to Beirut in September 1982 as a peacekeeping force after a long Lebanese civil war drew an Israeli invasion and even more bloodshed. When...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 29, 2012 | Looks Like Beirut
This week’s “Looks Like Beirut” Twitter searches brings us these memorable examples of cliche faux-pas: adammcmanusgb Liverpool v Man Utd – Like the war in Lebanon – we don’t like either side, can’t understand what...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Jan 23, 2012 | Lebanese Abroard
Christchurch, New Zealand Having survived the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, the Carson family defend their choice to leave the city behind for Nelson: It’s a long road ahead, Mr Andrew Carson says, but they’re of an age where they’re not prepared to...
by Lebanon News Under Rug Swept | Nov 14, 2011 | Looks Like Beirut
North Carolina, USA In what can be described as incredible luck, a girl’s decision to stay up late instead of heading to bed has saved her life: A driver plows through the front gate of an apartment complex, clips one unit, then flips the truck into another...