FACTOID #53: If you thought Antarctica was inhospitable, think again - its land area is only ninety-eight percent ice. Reassuringly, the other 2% is categorised as "barren rock".
Elias Murr (Arabic: إلياس المرّ) (born 1962 in Bteghrine) is the current Lebanese Defense Minister. He held the positions of Deputy Prime minister and Interior Minister in previous Cabinets. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 390 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (453 × 696 pixels, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 390 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (453 × 696 pixels, file size: 139 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Arabic can mean: From or related to Arabia From or related to the Arabs The Arabic language; see also Arabic grammar The Arabic alphabet, used for expressing the languages of Arabic, Persian, Malay ( Jawi), Kurdish, Panjabi, Pashto, Sindhi and Urdu, among others. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bteghrine (Arabic: , also spelled Bteghrin and Btighrin) is a municipality in the Matn District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. ...
He is the son of former Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister, Michel Murr and was the son-in-law of the former President Émile Lahoud. Michel Murr is the former Lebanese Minister of the Interior. ... General Émile Jamil Lahoud (Arabic: , Armenian: ; born January 12, 1936) is the President of Lebanon. ...
Murr was wounded in a bombing in Beirut on July 12, 2005. The explosion happened in the city of Antelias 5km north of Beirut. Al Jazeera reported two other people with injuries. See [1]. Police stated one killed and a dozen injured. This article is about the Lebanese city. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Antelias is a city in Lebanon, which is a country in the middle east. ... This article is about the Lebanese city. ... Al Jazeera logo Al Jazeera (الجزيرة), meaning The Island or The (Arabian) Peninsula (whence also Algiers) is an Arabic television channel based in Qatar. ...
Murr simultaneously served as minister of municipal and rural affairs, a position that allowed him to barter vital government services for political support at election time (so joined at the hip were these two ministries under Murr's control that they were later integrated into the Ministry of Interior and Municipalities).
Murr's periodic remarks that his ministry was investigating cases of people who were granted citizenship "by mistake" ensured that these hapless souls did not disappoint him on election day.
Elias issued a brazen reminder to the public that the use of curtains in the voting booths was "optional." He and his father were so confident of Myrna's victory that she had hardly campaigned at all.
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