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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, August 4, 2006

AGBU CENTER IN BEIRUT A SAFE HAVEN FOR 600 LEBANESE REFUGEES

Close to 600 refugees from Southern Lebanon, displaced during the
recent Israeli shelling, have been given refuge at AGBU’s Alex
Manoogian Center in the Zarif section of the Lebanese capital,
Beirut. Since July 12, 2006, an escalation of fighting between the
Israeli army and Hezbollah fighters has forced almost a million
Lebanese and hundreds of thousands of Israelis from their homes.

With a long tradition of humanitarian aid to the Lebanese people,
AGBU first opened the doors of its Manoogian Center to refugees in
the 1970s during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War. At the
time, hundreds of Lebanese received shelter and humanitarian aid in
the AGBU refuge.

The AGBU Central Board is in regular contact with representatives
of the Lebanese Armenian community to receive updates on the
situation. AGBU hopes the Lebanese-Israeli conflict will be resolved
soon and put an end to the escalating humanitarian crisis in the
region.

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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress