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3/17/2021 1:08:06 PM
The protests resumed following several days of relative calm as the Lebanese pound continued its slide, plunging to a new low of 15,000 to the US dollar on the black market
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3/12/2021 8:00:40 PM
The approval came as the local currency hit a new record low on the black market, trading 11,150 Lebanese pounds to the dollar. The new crash triggered immediate protests, mostly in the country's north.
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3/10/2021 9:41:02 AM
'As a result of the tragic accidents and violations that took place units of the army started this morning opening closed roads,' a statement posted on the official Twitter page of the Lebanese army said
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3/9/2021 1:43:29 PM
Road blocks have become a near daily occurrence in the small Mediterranean country and lasted all day Monday, including in and out of Beirut
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3/6/2021 4:57:30 PM
Diab's cabinet resigned on the back of the Aug. 4 Beirut port explosion that devastated swathes of the capital
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2/14/2021 7:01:31 PM
'In all my communications there is a readiness and an enthusiasm to help Lebanon, to stop the collapse and rebuild Beirut,' Hariri said
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1/28/2021 7:59:36 PM
Judge Ghada Aoun also brought charges against a money exchange company for breaching an administrative regulation
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1/17/2021 1:55:09 PM
Lebanon's top Christian cleric has urged President Michel Aoun to set up a reconciliation meeting with Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri to form a cabinet and end the country's political deadlock.
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12/24/2020 4:09:40 PM
Here is a timeline of some of Lebanon's troubles since 1975
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12/10/2020 11:43:36 AM
'It appears the white smoke over the government will not be released soon as a result of further testing to adopt the best vaccine,' Jumblatt, Lebanon's dominant Druze politician, wrote on Twitter
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12/9/2020 6:52:41 PM
After a meeting at the Baabda palace on Wednesday, Hariri said the president would examine his list of 'non-partisan, expert' ministers and that the 'atmosphere was positive'
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12/2/2020 2:39:21 PM
The fourth round of talks, which was scheduled to take place Wednesday, was postponed until further notice, officials in the two countries said
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11/26/2020 3:40:51 PM
The decision is a blow to Lebanon as the audit is a key demand of foreign donors to help it exit a financial meltdown, the country's worst crisis since its 1975-1990 civil war
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10/22/2020 2:38:51 PM
Hariri won by a simple majority Thursday, securing a total of 65 votes out of 120 lawmakers polled by President Michel Aoun amid sharp divisions over the shape of the Cabinet Hariri is expected to form
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10/22/2020 10:28:59 AM
'We did not name anyone to lead the government,' Mohamed Raad, head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc, announces
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10/21/2020 12:21:27 PM
Aoun is due to hold consultations on Thursday with parliamentarians to designate a prime minister who will seek to form a new government and address the country's grave economic crisis
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10/17/2020 9:24:07 PM
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10/17/2020 6:18:25 PM
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10/17/2020 3:36:06 PM
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10/14/2020 9:51:20 PM
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