| January 2, 1987 | | The Minister of Labor Selim El Hoss signed a decree raising the minimum wage to 3,200 LBP. This decision was a timid ray of light in the heavy economic sky.
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| January 5, 1987 | | While the Camps War raged between Amal and the Popular Palestinian Liberation Front, the Salam mission, aiming at reconciling Presidents Assad and Gemayel, was resumed.
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| January 6, 1987 | | The Cassir decrees caused a fast increase in the price of fuel. Starting this day, 20 liters of gas were sold at 190 LBP, while the jar of butane was sold at 100 LBP.
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| January 7, 1987 | | President Camille Chamoun escaped by miracle from a killing attempt. A car bomb exploded on the River cornice when his convoy was passing by. 4 persons were killed and 37 others were wounded. The President was injured in his arm.
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| January 8, 1987 | | Artillery duels between the two sectors of the capital on one hand and the bombing of the Beirut Airport on the other, raised the tension again.
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| January 13, 1987 | | The kidnapping, in West Beirut, of Roger Auque, a French journalist, raised the number of French nationals who disappeared in Lebanon to 18.
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| January 18, 1987 | | It was the Germans' turn to be kidnapped. Richard Cordes disappeared right after his arrival at the Beirut Airport.
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| January 24, 1987 | | While there were still no news about West German nationals Cordes and Schmidt, three Americans and one Indian holding a US passport were kidnapped at the Beirut University College campus, in Koraytem in Ras Beirut.
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| January 28, 1987 | | Assad and Gemayel met for 55 minutes in Kuwait during a pan-Islamic conference to put an end to a disagreement that lasted one year. Besides, Washington decided to prohibit US nationals from travelling to Lebanon.
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| January 29, 1987 | | Mounir Abou-Fadel, Vice-Speaker of the National Assembly, died from a heart attack at the American hospital where he was admitted four days earlier.
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| February 1, 1987 | | The MEA suspended its flights therefore causing a de facto closing of the Beirut International Airport, while the few companies that were still flying into the airport (Soviet, Czech, and Bulgarian) decided to cancel their flights.
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| February 2, 1987 | | The Swiss Embassy was the last embassy to close in West Beirut.
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| February 6, 1987 | | The Lebanese Pound recorded a historic decline compared to the dollar which had almost reached the 100 LBP threshold. This fall worried the population.
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| February 7, 1987 | | The confrontations intensified around the Palestinian camps of Chatila and Bourj Brajneh. The risk of escalation intensified.
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| February 12, 1987 | | While the Lebanese Pound continued to fall, the chief of State Amine Gemayel, arrived in Bruxelles to request a social and economic help from the European countries.
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| February 15, 1987 | | A vast military confrontation between Amal and the PSP erupted in West Beirut. It was a prelude to the entrance of 12,000 Syrian soldiers in this region. However, they didn't deploy in the Southern suburbs.
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| March 4, 1987 | | After an interruption of three weeks, Lebanese-Syrian negotiations were resumed.
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| March 6, 1987 | | A decision that appeared anachronistic in a country dominated by insecurity was taken: motorcycles were prohibited in West Beirut. This decision was motivated by the need to strengthen security in the region.
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| March 7, 1987 | | Iran dispatched a new ambassador to Lebanon where he received a triumphal welcome.
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| March 14, 1987 | | The Lebanese Force announced an assassination attempt against Samir Geagea.
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| March 19, 1987 | | 2 persons were killed and 3 others wounded in a criminal explosion early in the afternoon in Zalka.
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| March 28, 1987 | | An anti-Syrian assault in Ramlet El Baida constituted the most serious incident since the entry of Syrian troops in West Beirut on February 22nd.
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| April 5, 1987 | | An agreement was concluded between the National Palestinian Salvation Front and the Amal movement under the aegis of Ghazi Kanaan. This agreement stipulated a global cease-fire and the end of the camps' blockade in Beirut
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| April 8, 1987 | | The Souk El Gharb front flared up while the Syrian army was achieving its deployment around the camps in Beirut.
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| April 16, 1987 | | The President of the National Liberal Party, Dany Chamoun announced his candidacy to the 1988 presidential elections.
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| April 23, 1987 | | The CGTL announces a 3-days general strike.
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| May 4, 1987 | | The Prime Minister Rachid Karameh announced his resignation but refused to give a written resignation to the Head of State
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| May 5, 1987 | | Teachers call for a 2-days general strike in order to obtain their wage and professional demands.
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| May 8, 1987 | | An Israeli raid on Ain-el Heloueh and Mieh-Mieh Palestinian camps kills 7 persons and wounds 34.
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| May 11, 1987 | | After a 3-months interruption, Beirut Airport is open again to the traffic and the MEA flights resume.
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| May 18, 1987 | | The Minister of Labour Selim Hoss signs the decree for the reajustment of salaries. The minimum salary is fixed at 4500 LBP.
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| May 19, 1987 | | A dilapidated building in Abu-Shaker district in the Mazraa cornice collapses, killing 11 persons.
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| May 21, 1987 | | The abrogation by the Parliament of the Cairo Agreement was voted unanimously by the attending 45 deputies. Moreover, the abolition of May 17th Israeli-Arab Agreement was confirmed.
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| May 31, 1987 | | The Islamic resistance integrists lead an offensive against the Army of South-Lebanon and the Israeli Army.
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| June 1, 1987 | | The Prime Minister Rachid Karameh was assassinated, torn to shreds by the explosion on the helicopter that was supposed to take him from Tripoli to West-Beirut. However, his post as Chief of the Cabinet did not remain vacant: Selim Hoss was designated by presidential decree as the interim Chief of Government.
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| June 3, 1987 | | A Syrian delegation led by Abdel-Halim Khaddam, the Syrian Republic's Vice-President attend the national funerals of Karame in Tripoli.
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| June 5, 1987 | | The President of the National Assembly, Hussein Husseini, announces his resignation, thus increasing the institutional gap.
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| June 17, 1987 | | Walid Joumblatt, leader of the PSP, and Nabih Berri, leader of the Amal militia, become reconciled under the aegis of the Syrian Vice-President Abdel-Halim Khaddam, and publish an agreement for fighting in 7 points.
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| June 18, 1987 | | An American journalist, Charles Glass, accompanied by the son of the Minister of Defense Ali Adel Osseirane, are kidnapped in Ouzaï.
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| June 19, 1987 | | The price of fuel goes up from 190 LBP to 290 LBP for 20 litres while the gas demijohn goes up from 110 LBP to 155 LBP. The index of livelihood cost has increased by 82,8 % since January.
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