Posted on 02/05/2003 10:42:11 PM PST by yonif
Edited on 04/23/2004 12:05:13 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
BEIRUT, Lebanon--Jewelry glitters in the shop windows, street cafes do a brisk business in fancy coffees and cakes, and just down the road from a lineup of fine new restaurants, an acquaintance shows off her exquisitely refurbished apartment, complete with hand-decorated tiles on the floor. Since the civil war ended in 1991, the Lebanese have largely restored the trappings of their shattered capital.
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