Daily Star (Lebanon)
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The Daily Star is an English language newspaper based in Lebanon. It was founded in 1952 by the publisher Kamel Mrowa--who already owned and edited the Arabic daily Al-Hayat--to serve the growing number of expatriates brought by the oil industry. First circulating in Lebanon, and then expanding throughout the region, it not only relayed news about foreign workers' home countries, but also served to keep them informed about the region. By the 1960s it was the leading English language newspaper in the Middle East. Upon the death of Mrowa in 1966, his widow Salma Elbissar took over the ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Medium audience (100-500K) (English)
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Aug 19, 2006 - 9:07 PM PDT
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The Daily Star - Politics - Beirut violence underscores still-simmering tensions
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Solve the Gaza problem at its roots
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