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Basic information

Wikipedia  
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Lebanon: a country study
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CIA World Factbook - Lebanon

BBC country profile - Lebanon

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Ethnologue Database

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Politics

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International Crisis Group 
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The war of 2006 
Special page

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Special page

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History

Lebanon timeline
A chronology of key events (from the BBC)

History of Lebanon (Wikipedia)


Travel

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travel advice

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Travel advice 

Lonely Planet 
Online tourist guide to Lebanon

Electricity, plugs and sockets 

Middle East Airlines
The national airline


Economy 

World Bank: Lebanon 
Comprehensive economic data

Central Bank of Lebanon
(Banque du Liban)

Beirut Stock Exchange

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Investment Development Authority

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Green gold
Economics of cannabis growing in the Bekaa valley. The Guardian, 11 June, 2001

     

In the Lebanon section

  

Books from Amazon

Pity the Nation: The Abduction of Lebanon 
by Robert Fisk.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Lonely Planet Syria & Lebanon
by Terry Carter, et al.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

A House of Many Mansions: The History of Lebanon Reconsidered
by Kamal Salibi.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Bliss Street
a novel by Kris Kenway.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

Hizbullah: The Story from Within
by Naim Qassem.
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Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion
by Amal Saad-Ghorayeb.
Purchase from amazon.com or amazon.co.uk

 
 
 
 


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