LEBANON UNIVERSITIES CLOSED BY ISRAELI BOMBING CAMPAIGN
July 1st, 2006
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Damascus
CLASSES at all of Lebanon's universities have been cancelled and international students and faculty are being evacuated following Israel's air and sea bombardment of the country.
The American University of Beirut's (AUB) provost Peter Heath announced Sunday that all classes for the summer semester were cancelled until further notice. Over 270 students were registered for the university's summer Arabic programme, of which over 200 were international students.
Caroline Chalouhi, the director of international student affairs, said the ...
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