Tytonidae
Tytonidae (barn owls, bay owls; class Aves, order Strigiformes) A family of owls that have heart-shaped facial discs which meet above the bill in
Tyto species (barn owls) but not in
Phodilus species (bay owls). They have feathered legs, and a
pectinate middle toe. They inhabit forests and grassland, feed (mainly at night) on mammals, birds, lizards, frogs, and insects, and nest mainly in tree cavities. There are two genera, with 12 species, found in Europe, Africa, southern Asia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Australia, and N., Central, and S. America.
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Asset seizure approved for anti-Lebanon actsBRIEFLY: WASHINGTON
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 8/4/2007; 253 words
; ...International Herald Tribune 08-04-2007 With Lebanon teetering in crisis, President George...pressure on Syria and Iran for supporting anti-government elements there.It was not...efforts to undermine the government in Lebanon and efforts to promote militia violence...
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WJC warns PM of rise in anti-Semitism. Singer: Lebanon war undermined idea that Israel was impervious and all-powerful
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/28/2006; ; 683 words
; ...warns PM of rise in anti-Semitism. Singer: Lebanon war undermined...a sharp rise in anti-Semitism in the...conflagration in Lebanon. "Smaller, more...that the war in Lebanon undermined the...on the rise in anti-Semitism as a...
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Anti-Syrian Aoun Making Lebanon Comeback
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/13/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...the third stage of Lebanon's staggered parliamentary...Aoun, a staunch anti-Syrian former army...is challenging the anti-Syrian opposition...the central Mount Lebanon and eastern Bekaa...mean for efforts by Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition...
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Israel attacks anti-aircraft post in Lebanon
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/2/2001; ; 700+ words
; Israel attacks anti-aircraft post in Lebanon Airstrike sent to retaliate against Hezbollah raid By LEE HOCKSTADER...warplanes roared into neighboring Lebanon and struck a Syrian army anti-aircraft position Sunday, triggering an artillery and mortar...
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Anti-Syria Warlord Released in Lebanon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 7/26/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Dateline: BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanese anti-Syrian Christian...airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July...Geagea, a notorious anti-Syrian Christian...assassinations in Lebanon recently targeting...among them several anti-Syrian personalities...
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Anti-Syria Politician Killed in Lebanon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/21/2006; 700+ words
; BEIRUT, Lebanon - Pierre Gemayel, an anti-Syrian politician and scion of Lebanon's most prominent Christian...assassination ... aimed at sending Lebanon into a civil war." In an...s son and leader of the anti-Syrian parliamentary majority...
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Blast Kills Anti-Syrian Critic in Lebanon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...who's next?" Anti-Syrian politicians...of its enemies in Lebanon. Syria has denied...Samir Franjieh, an anti-Syrian politician. During its time in Lebanon, Syria filled the...the leaders of the anti-Syrian coalition, implicitly accused Lebanon's pro-Syrian...
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Anti-Syria Protests Erupt in Lebanon
News Wire article from: AP Online; 11/23/2006; 700+ words
; ...not seen since Lebanon's 1975-1990...divided between anti-Syrian Christians...the scene of mass anti-Syrian rallies...domination of Lebanon. But in contrast...He was the sixth anti-Syrian figure killed in Lebanon in two years...
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Bomb kills anti-Syrian politician in Lebanon, angering U.S.
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 6/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...BEIRUT, Lebanon Lebanon was just starting...election that the anti-Syrian opposition...Samir Franjieh, an anti-Syrian politician. During its time in Lebanon, Syria filled the...the leaders of the anti-Syrian coalition, implicitly accused Lebanon's pro-Syrian...
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Rising anti-Syrian sentiment in Lebanon sends thousands of workers home
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...working here amid soaring anti-Syrian sentiment since Lebanon's former prime minister...and Lebanese denials, anti-Syrian sentiment has...this country. Massive anti-Syrian protests brought down Lebanon's pro-Damsacus government...
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Anti-Lebanon
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Anti-Lebanon ancient Anti-Libanus, Arabic Jabal al Sharqi, mountain range between Syria and Lebanon, rising to Mt. Hermon, 9,232 ft (2,814 m) high. Once noted...
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Lebanon
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
...on the border with Syria (the Anti-Lebanon and Hermon ranges); and the...extend southward. To the east, Lebanon's border with Syria is demarcated...of two different ranges, the Anti-Lebanon Mountains to the north and the...
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Lebanon, U.S. Military Involvement in
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...United Arab Republic, an anti‐U.S. union...outbreak of civil war in Lebanon in May 1958; and finally...American incursion in Lebanon was practically casualty...Israeli forces invaded Lebanon in an attack on anti‐Israeli forces...
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Asia
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...On the eastern border is the Anti-Lebanon mountain range, which separates...ranges. In the southwest, the Anti-Lebanon mountain range separates the country...part of the country east of the Anti-Lebanon and Ansariyah
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Lebanese Civil War
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...Arabism and recognized Lebanon ’ s independence...the sectarian tensions in Lebanon. Although Sunni Muslims were supportive of the anti-western policies of Egyptian...adamantly refused to allow Lebanon to join the pro-Nasser...
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