<DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV id=RTEContent> <DIV><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Check out these amazing figures & facts... Taking into consideration the tiny dimensions of </SPAN><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Verdana color=red><SPAN style="COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">:</SPAN></FONT></STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=red size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: red; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR> 1)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">17 Religious communities<BR><BR>
2)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">40 Daily newspapers<BR><BR> 3)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">42 Universities<BR><BR> 4)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Over 100 Banks<BR><BR> 5)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">70% of the students are in private schools<BR><BR> 6)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">There's 1 doctor/10 people. (In </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Europe</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> & the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">US</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">, there's 1 doctor/100
people)<BR><BR> 7)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The name "</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">" appears 75 times in the Old Testament!<BR><BR> 8)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The name "Cedar" appears 75 times in the Old Testament!<BR><BR> 9)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-S!
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10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Beirut</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> was destroyed and rebuilt 7 times. (This is why it's compared to the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Phoenix</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">)<BR><BR> 10)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">There are 3,500,000 Lebanese in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR:!
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FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">.<BR><BR> 11)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">There are 5,630,000 Lebanese outside </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">.<BR><BR> 12)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The country was occupied by: Assyrians - Baby!
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Byzantines - Persians- Pharaohs - Persians - Alexander the Great -</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"></SPAN>Roman Empire</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> - Crusaders - </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Ottoman Empire-</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Britain</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> - </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">France</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> - Israel Syria<BR><BR>13)</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Byblos</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> is the oldest city in the world.<BR><BR>14)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COL!
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black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">'s name has been around for over 4000 years. (It's the oldest name in the world)<BR><BR>15)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> is the only country in Asia/Africa that doesn't</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">have a desert.<BR><BR>16)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">There are 15 rivers in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">; all of them flowing from its mountains.<BR><BR>17)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The first Alphabet was created by Cadmus in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Byblos</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">.<BR><BR>18)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE!
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COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> is the country with the most published books per capita.<BR><BR>19)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Jesus Christ made his first miracle in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">.<BR><BR>20)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10!
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COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Taho ma" color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Taho ma'">The Phoenicians created the first boat ever.<BR><BR>21)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Phoenicians reached the </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Americas</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> long before </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Columbus</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY:
Tahoma">.<BR><BR>22)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">The 1st. law school in the world was built in </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Lebanon</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">.<BR><BR>23)</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">160,000 people died in the civil war and we can add much more.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FON!
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