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Transportation in Lebanon
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Lebanese Railways: Searching for a Locomotive
LEBANON, 2013/05/16 The appointment a few months formerly of a new director general for the Railway and Public Transportation Authority, Ziad Nasr, raised additional than a few eyebrows. Since the railways were closed in 1976 during the civil war, the idea of a passenger or freight train network in Lebanon seems but a fantasy to most, and public sentiment toward the authority, which still employs 350 workers, is generally somewhat negative at the same time as it is hard to see its existence justified. -
Beirut International Airport’s Air Traffic Controllers Plan Strikers
LEBANON, 2013/03/23 Beirut International Airport’s air traffic controllers are planning a strike on Thursday that would last for four hours amid the public sector’s attempts to put pressure on the Lebanese government in order to refer to a new wage scale.
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