国际英语资讯:Lebanon to tighten border policing to stop smuggling toward Syria
<p><span word="BEIRUT">BEIRUT</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 13-- <span word="Lebanon">Lebanon</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Higher">Higher</span> <span word="Defense">Defense</span> <span word="Council">Council</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="police">police</span> <span word="stations">stations</span> <span word="along">along</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="borders">borders</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="stop">stop</span> <span word="cross">cross</span>-<span word="border">border</span> <span word="smuggling">smuggling</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="losses">losses</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="revenues">revenues</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="issued">issued</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Lebanese">Lebanese</span> <span word="Presidency">Presidency</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="council">council</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="hire">hire</span> <span word="patrol">patrol</span> <span word="officers">officers</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="monitor">monitor</span> <span word="smugglers">smugglers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="impose">impose</span> <span word="serious">serious</span> <span word="punishments">punishments</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="anyone">anyone</span> <span word="involved">involved</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="Media">Media</span> <span word="reports">reports</span> <span word="circulated">circulated</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="few">few</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="quantities">quantities</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="diesel">diesel</span>, <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wheat">wheat</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="smuggled">smuggled</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Lebanon">Lebanon</span>.</p><p><span word="George">George</span> <span word="Brax">Brax</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Syndicate">Syndicate</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Owners">Owners</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Petrol">Petrol</span> <span word="Stations">Stations</span>, <span word="revealed">revealed</span> <span word="days">days</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="value">value</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="fuel">fuel</span> <span word="oil">oil</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="smuggled">smuggled</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Syria">Syria</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Lebanon">Lebanon</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="reached">reached</span> 400 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span> <span word="per">per</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p>
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