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An EDL electricity cable supplying the Jiyyeh region south of Beirut was severed Monday during an attempted theft, causing a power cut in the area, the NNA reports. Cable theft with a view to its black market sale has become an increasingly common feature of crisis-hit Lebanon
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Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee rejected a request from BDL to extend the deadline for examining the possibility of hiking the “lollar” withdrawal rate. BDL must stick to the original deadline of Thursday, when the circular setting the lollar rate expires, it added
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The Beirut port explosion probe has been suspended after Judge Tarek Bitar was officially notified of a dismissal case against him, a judicial source told L’Orient Today. Local media reported that the dismissal case was brought by MP and former Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk
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A woman died this morning after her house caught fire in Hawsh al-Oumara, near Zahle, L’Orient-Le Jour reports
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The army yesterday raided offices belonging to Maroun Sakr, a businessman close to the Lebanese Forces, who has a network of gas stations in Zahle, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The raid was reportedly connected to 20 tons of ammonium nitrate seized in the Bekaa earlier this month
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EDUCATION Minister announces two-week delay in reopening of public schools
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FUEL CRISIS New energy and economy ministers vow to take action against fuel distributors responsible for price manipulation
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Lebanon has registered 500 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Nine people have died, raising the death toll to 8,286
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FIRE Blaze at car dealership kills two
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DETAINEES FREED Two Lebanese released from detention in the UAE return home
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