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Lebanon has registered 543 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Ten people have died, raising the death toll to 8,306
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Central Bank governor Riad Salameh was heard for two and a half hours by acting public prosecutor Jean Tannous at the Palace of Justice, in connection with embezzlement and tax evasion allegations, local media outlets report. No decision was taken at the end of the hearing
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POLITICS Berri and Mikati discuss elections, foreign relations and electricity
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The Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment has announced temporary water outages in areas of Beirut and some parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs starting this evening until Friday morning due to urgent maintenance on a water pipeline in Ouzai
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The Lebanese Army arrested nine new suspects in the case of 20 tons of ammonium nitrate seized earlier this month in the Bekaa, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. The army also reportedly found that its composition was suitable only to the production of explosives and not agriculture
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Gunfire erupted during a feud between families in Bab al-Tabbaneh, Tripoli, leaving a man injured and a number of cars and buildings damaged before army personnel arrived on the scene, the NNA reports
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PORT EXPLOSION Young Beiruti man injured in 2020 port explosion dies overnight
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Mikati also said he wants negotiations on the framework for an IMF deal completed before parliamentary elections with a view to implementing the plan after the vote. He added that he is working on a financial reform plan that is “more realistic” than the previous government’s
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The premier also said that government will launch tenders before spring parliamentary elections to increase power capacity from 500MW to 2000MW within 9-12 months
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Mikati also expressed his support for moving parliamentary elections, reportedly scheduled for May 8, forward to March 27. He added that he is in favor of expats voting in the Lebanese constituency in which they are registered rather than in an expat constituency of six seats
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