Raheen, reminded the audience that Afghanistan's first newspaper, Shams-ul-Nahar, was established in Kabul 137 years ago.

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Hundreds of Syrian and Lebanese intellectuals signed the document, which was published last week in the Nahar newspaper.

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Mr. SARKIS NAOUM (Senior Columnist, An Nahar): The government - the majority of the government is, let's say, approve the civil revolution.

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