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4/7/2021 1:29:14 PM
As Lebanese banks forbid depositors from transferring their own money abroad, thousands of students who went abroad to pursue studies they could not afford at home are among the hardest hit
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3/31/2021 5:59:00 PM
Nasrallah said there were serious, collective efforts in recent days to ease a political standoff that has obstructed cabinet talks for months
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3/31/2021 5:04:23 PM
Abu Shadi turns down the heat in his oven once he has baked enough manaeesh (plural form of manousheh) to save on gas
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3/30/2021 12:00:52 PM
Last week talks between Aoun and Hariri on the formation of a new Cabinet broke down
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3/26/2021 2:04:57 PM
'This is something that needs to be discussed now and needs to be dealt with promptly,' Diab said in the statement
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3/25/2021 3:05:16 PM
The outgoing cabinet has stayed on in a caretaker capacity since quitting in August on the back of the port explosion that killed 200 people and destroyed swathes of Beirut
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3/24/2021 7:49:00 PM
Its chief Hassan Nasrallah has said he would support a cabinet of specialists should Hariri and Aoun come to an agreement
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3/22/2021 12:57:39 PM
Hariri is expected to hand over the latest draft lineup after a previous proposal failed to secure a consensus
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3/22/2021 10:22:30 AM
'The country is drifting away, divided ... when a country collapses, Europe must be ready,' he said
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3/21/2021 5:53:00 PM
Nearly 3,000 tons of poorly stored ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive fertilizer component, exploded on Aug. 4 at Beirut's port, killing 211, wounding more than 6,000 and damaging entire neighborhoods in Beirut
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3/18/2021 10:05:30 PM
'If the prime minister-designate agrees with the president on Monday a government of specialists we will agree, Nasrallah said in a televised speech
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3/18/2021 5:57:20 PM
Lebanon's talks with the IMF stalled last year over a row among Lebanese government officials, bankers and political parties over vast financial losses
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3/18/2021 5:42:12 PM
Macron has spearheaded international efforts to resolve the crisis, but with little success to date
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3/17/2021 9:59:00 PM
When asked whether that meant possible sanctions on Lebanese officials, the diplomat said the short-term objective was to raise 'political pressure'
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3/17/2021 8:34:00 PM
Aoun and Hariri have been at loggerheads over government formation since his nomination in October
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3/16/2021 3:34:24 PM
'Currently the government is covered in what it subsidises until June but some products like fuel would run out after March, Diab said
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3/16/2021 2:38:21 PM
The slide has picked up speed over the past two weeks, with the exchange rate soaring from 10,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar on March 2 to around 15,000 on Tuesday
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3/8/2021 2:25:48 PM
The protests, which started on Tuesday, followed the Lebanese pound's tumble to more than 10,000 per dollar
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3/8/2021 10:03:23 AM
Since the Lebanese pound tumbled to a new low last Tuesday, protesters have been blocking roads daily
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3/3/2021 5:23:55 PM
It has fallen by around 40% this year alone
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