Congratulations to Lebanon !!! See Actual Article ISTANBUL, Turkey (FIBA World Championship) - During today's meeting of the FIBA Central Board - the highest executive body of the International Basketball Federation - the following teams were awarded wild card entries to next year's FIBA World Championship in Turkey: - Germany
- Lebanon
- Lithuania
- Russia
The decisions were made in accordance with the criteria outlined by the FIBA Central Board. The wild card system was first introduced for the 2006 FIBA World Championship in Japan, following the decision to increase the number of teams from 16 to 24.
With the four wild cards joining the 20 qualified teams, the following teams go into the hat for the draw that will take place on Tuesday 15th December (11:30AM local time / 10:30AM CET) in Istanbul: Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Canada
China | Croatia
France
Germany
Greece
Iran
Ivory Coast | Jordan
Lebanon
Lithuania
New Zealand
Puerto Rico
Russia | Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Tunisia
Turkey
USA |
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Lebanon Smash World Record in Tabouleh and Hummus Beirut's Saifi Market on Sunday was filled with the sounds of chopping, cheering and the sweet, grassy smell of tons of freshly cut parsley. Thousands of visitors showed up over the weekend to cheer on 250 sous chefs and 50 of their instructors from the Kafaat School of Catering as they toiled over two days to beat the Guinness record for the world's biggest hummus plate and tabbouleh salad. The final weigh-in for hummus on Saturday was 2,056 kilograms, or 4,532 pounds, more than quadruple the previous record. On Sunday, the tabbouleh came in at 3,557 kilograms, or 7,841 pounds -- more than 3 tons. The vessel itself, a giant, rotating terracotta-colored hummus bowl, won the distinction of world's largest plate. Read More on latimes.com 
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Une vie de Pintade à Beyrouth (Calmann-Lévy),
l'ethnoguide indispensable
pour décoder le mode de vie des Libanaises,
même si votre voyage n'est pas pour demain !
Web: LesPintades
Ce livre appartient à la collection des Pintades qui décode le mode de vie des femmes dans les grandes villes du monde. Déjà parus: New York, Londres, Téhéran, Paris. "Une vie de Pintade à Beyrouth" est un ouvrage écrit en français par une journaliste française installée à Beyrouth, Muriel Rozelier. C'est un ethnoguide qui se présente sous forme de chroniques journalistiques qui racontent le quotidien des femmes (mode, beauté, enfants, engagement citoyen, vie sociale, monde du travail, ...), agrémentées de bonnes adresses et de bons plans. On peut le lire à la fois pour découvrir une société et aussi l'utiliser comme un guide touristique |
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