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OliviaAlabaster

just been to launch of Lebanon's first GREATBritain week, both Britain + Lebanon strongest when they look outwards, says @HMATomFletcher 16 minutes ago via web
@BeirutiBrit yeah exactly! you don't know whereabouts it is, do you? about 17 hours ago via web in reply to BeirutiBrit
has anyone seen anything about a garage sale in #Beirut this Sunday? about 17 hours ago via web
what? "Former porn actor suspected of mailing body parts to Canadian politicians" gu.com/p/3822n/tw via @guardian about 18 hours ago via Tweet Button
JosephStash Unsurprising RT @SarahMarshall3 Times and Sunday Times to pull down paywall for Jubilee bit.ly/JSUQMT about 21 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster and 1 other
DavidKenner -@STLebanon I appreciate the response. But would you consider an investigation and trial that has gone on for over 7 years "expeditious?" about 23 hours ago via web in reply to STLebanon Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster
Annan to meet with Lebanese officials dailystar.com.lb/News/Politics/… about 24 hours ago via Tweet Button
Unlicensed nurseries still operating past deadline dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-New… 1:20 AM May 31st via Tweet Button
OliverVarney Hague: Our partners around the world will be taking similar action ... including France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the US, Canada and Australia 5:08 AM May 29th via TweetDeck Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster
controversial stance there Ange "@gdnpoliticswire Angelina Jolie backs UK fight against rape in war zones" 4:45 AM May 29th via web
Brian_Whit Britain expels Syrian charge d'affaires (ambassafor left a while ago) 4:29 AM May 29th via web Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster and 17 others
Lebanese MPs not seeing “links between social upheaval and insecurity and people’s rights and entitlements and dignity" dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-New… 3:54 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
Mr_Robinson95 British ambassador writing on visit to kurdistan,"What a country." iraq-businessnews.com/2012/05/05/bri… 2:37 AM May 29th via web Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster and 3 others
I know nothing about hunting, but is 3am really a good time to do it? Syrian troops kill 1 Lebanese, wound 3 others dailystar.com.lb/News/Local-New… 3:46 AM May 29th via Tweet Button
Is Lebanon one of the last countries where telecoms are so expensive walkie-talkies are still genuinely,extensively advertised? 2:56 AM May 29th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
JustinSalhani South #Lebanon Army members today bit.ly/JRvNb6 #politics via @DLKhraiche 11:44 PM May 28th via web Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster
Just putting it out there,tonight I rode in the starry gold cab I saw in the Bekaa two weeks ago 3:43 PM May 28th via Twitter for BlackBerry®
ambiguous statement of the day, "@Reuters Obama pledges no more wars unless "absolutely necessary" 10:06 AM May 28th via web
@tombrookspolloc nope we pooped their party by not having any house music. It was a musical/steak exchange 7:03 AM May 28th via web in reply to tombrookspolloc
woodenbeirut Tariq Jdeideh cabbie: "Do you have ID? Hezbollah is up ahead" Me: "Are you saying the army and Hezbollah are the same thing now?" #Lebanon 5:23 AM May 28th via web Retweeted by OliviaAlabaster and 4 others

Name Olivia Alabaster
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Bio reporter at The Daily Star, Beirut, via City Uni MA Newspaper Journalism. Views here are mine. olivia.alabaster (at) gmail.com http://edithandomar.tumblr.com/