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AUB debate on differences between Bush and Obama pits Daily Star regulars

From the Daily Star, November 25th, 2008, by Yours Truly:
Click here for the Original Article from the Daily Star, Published November 26th, 2008
BEIRUT: Agreements, not controversy, dominated a discussion at the American University of Beirut (AUB) on Tuesday between Rami Khouri and Michael Young, the former a regular contributor to The Daily Star’s Opinion section [...]

Yes We Can: An Extraordinary Evening in Beirut, Lebanon

Yes We Can: An Extraordinary Evening in Beirut, Lebanon

I was the second person to arrive at the Captain’s Cabin at 7:30 PM yesterday, a bar here in Hamra where I’m staying in Beirut. I had been assured by several people that this particular bar had sworn to stay open until an American President was selected, many thousands of miles away…
And so it did. [...]