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SYNDICATE ELECTIONS Order of Dentists elections canceled after dispute breaks out, ballot boxes overturned
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NETWORK OUTAGE Ogero services interrupted in Hamra
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FPM head Gebran Bassil today reinforced a statement his party issued yesterday, saying BDL’s Gov. Riad Salameh "can no longer remain in his post if [Lebanon] wants to regain confidence in the Lebanese lira.” “Even if Salameh is supported by the US, we want his downfall,” he said
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PRESS FREEDOM Information minister says Military Court should not have dealt with Al-Akhbar reporter’s case
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In his Sunday sermon, Maronite Patriarch Bechara al-Rai warned against postponing legislative elections “under illogical pretexts.” The polls are now scheduled for March 27, but President Michel Aoun continues to oppose this date, preferring instead a date in May
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PEOPLE SMUGGLING ISF detains group of Syrians illegally entering Lebanon
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Lebanon has registered 1,515 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,701
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Health Minister Firass Abiad tweeted that his ministry’s infection disease committee will discuss Monday potential travel bans for the Omicron variant of COVID-19, adding that Lebanon has no direct flights from South Africa or neighboring nations, where the variant was detected
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A diesel tank exploded near a private electricity generator in the Akkar village of Telhayet due to welding work, injuring two people, L’Orient Today’s correspondent in the region reported. The two injured men were hospitalized in Tripoli, one in critical condition
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The Free Patriotic Movement in a statement said that Banque du Liban Gov. Riad Salameh cannot instill confidence in the Lebanese lira while “there is no confidence” in him. Salameh’s financial dealings are under investigation in four European countries
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