| I live in a small town on a hill that overlooks Beirut, the view from my balcony a breathtaking panorama. |
| There, like elsewhere across Beirut, generators have been dusted off and overhead wires have once again become a common sight. |
| Thousands of protestors attempted to march on the US embassy in Beirut, but were beaten back by police using tear gas and truncheons. |
| But what is most interesting to me is that the article is an Associated Press dispatch, datelined Beirut. |
| I collected a parcel from the post office, went shopping amongst the madness of Beirut. |
| Force Delta, which was the sea echelon of the second airborne battle group, left Germany on 26 July and closed on Beirut between 3 and 5 August. |
