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As garbage piles up in Tunisian cities, waste pickers demand recognition
In the early hours of a Sunday morning, before the city of Tunis wakes up and the sun becomes unbearably hot, Raouf Hayetlili and his neighbor ... Features -
Philippines ships dumped trash back to Canada
Tonnes of garbage sent to the Philippines years ago was shipped back to Canada on Friday after a festering diplomatic row, as Asian nations ... Variety -
Egypt investigation units find eyewitness, new evidence in children murder case
Egyptian security units have been investigating the shocking case involving three children who were burned to death, and thrown near a dump in black ... Middle East -
Reports reveal cause of death of babies found in plastic bags on Egypt streets
Forensic reports revealed Tuesday that three dead bodies of children wrapped in plastic bags and found on the streets in the city of Giza in Egypt ... Middle East -
Disturbing images: Egypt street cleaners find human organs in garbage
Residents of Suez, a northeastern Egyptian city, were horrified when street cleaners found a medical waste bag in a garbage bin filled with human ... Variety -
Indian journalist’s body taken to hospital in garbage van
The body of a journalist in India was transported in a garbage van causing fury among fellow mediamen and members of the public. According to a Times ... Print -
Lebanese divers respond to ongoing garbage crisis
The Lebanese divers plunge below the surface, scuba tanks on their backs and nets in hand. But what they’re looking for under the ocean surface ... Features -
‘Green police’ to battle Tunisia trash scourge
Tunisia on Tuesday launched a special “green police” unit aimed at dealing with the proliferation of waste, a scourge that has worsened ... News -
Garbage dumped in sea off Lebanon sparks outrage
A “mountain of garbage” dumped at sea off Beirut under a deal between the government and a company has sparked outrage in Lebanon, two ... Variety -
Design breakthrough kick starts Dutch ocean clean-up plan
A Dutch inventor aiming to clean up vast ocean “garbage patchese of plastic on Thursday unveiled a radical design breakthrough, enabling his ... Healthy Living -
Cash for trash: Egyptians in Cairo can sell their garbage
Egyptians stood in line Wednesday outside a waste management station in the capital Cairo to sell their solid trash, a baby step in an ambitious ... Variety -
VIDEO: 50 years old garbage mountain that killed 50 in Ethiopia
A landslide swept through a 15-meter-high mountain of trash in Ethiopia. Agencies quoted officials saying that the mountain of trash gave way in a ... Features -
Garbage crisis returns to parts of Lebanon
A garbage crisis has returned to Lebanon with piles of trash piling up in regions north of Beirut months after the government headed off a political ... Reports -
Wish granted: Six-year-old boy is garbage man for a day
The 6-year-old with cystic fibrosis got his wish, riding shotgun in a booster seat through Sacramento as an honest-to-goodness garbage truck driver Variety -
Lorries begin moving Beirut’s mountains of trash to landfill
After seven-month garbage crisis, lorries began taking mountains of rubbish that have piled up in Beirut to a landfill Middle East -
Lebanon’s Thames of trash sparks social media outrage
Mountains of trash choke the city's air and rivers of trash flow through and around the streets Variety -
Rain produces rivers of trash in Lebanese capital
Residents and municipal workers used bulldozers to push dispersed trash back into piles after the rains stopped Middle East -
Lebanon police, demonstrators clash outside parliament
Police in Beirut clashed with anti-corruption demonstrators trying to break through barbed wire protecting Lebanon’s parliament on Wednesday, ... Middle East -
Lebanese protesters storm environment ministry in downtown Beirut
Several dozen Lebanese protesters stormed the Ministry of Environment in downtown Beirut on Tuesday demanding the resignation of Minister Mohammed ... Reports -
Authorities eject ministry protesters in Beirut
Lebanese protesters stormed the Environment Ministry earlier today over the country's garbage crisis Middle East -
Hezbollah snubs govt talks as crisis deepens
Over the last week, Lebanon's government has been paralyzed as the capital Beirut was rocked with fierce street protests Middle East -
Will the rubbish demonstrators bring the Lebanese state down?
The anti-government demonstrations that erupted in Beirut in recent days are valid, especially if they are against the failure of an able government Middle East -
Lebanese activists clash with police over trash crisis
Garbage has been accumulating on the streets in Lebanon for the past month amid government paralysis Middle East -
It’s time for Lebanon’s PM to turn the tables
The Lebanese government headed by Tammam Salam must admit that it has been negligent in regards to the garbage crisis Middle East -
Finally... In garbage the Lebanese are united!
It seems the heavy stench of rubbish in the hot and humid summer of Beirut is likely to linger for a while Middle East -
Rag pickers in Sanaa
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