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FUEL SHORTAGES Three companies begin offloading fuel tankers after rumored delays, three more to follow
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A fire broke out earlier Wednesday at a gas station in Saida and was extinguished by firefighting trucks, L’Orient-Le Jour reports. No casualties have been reported
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GOVERNMENT FORMATION Cabinet to vote on draft ministerial statement tomorrow
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ECONOMIC CRISIS Foreign Affairs Ministry says it is implementing austerity measures at embassies and consulates abroad
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In an open letter, nearly 150 rights groups, individuals and families of the victims of the Beirut port explosion have urged the UN’s Human Rights Council to launch an independent investigation into the blast, saying such a move would aid local investigative and judicial efforts
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Former Prime Minister Hassan Diab has left Lebanon for the United States on a pre-planned trip to visit his children, a spokesperson told L’Orient Today, saying the trip had nothing to do with his Sept. 20 hearing in the Beirut port blast case
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FUEL SHORTAGES Payments issue stalls unloading of fuel, executive says
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Tarek Bitar, the investigator in the Beirut blast probe, has issued a new subpoena for former Premier Hassan Diab to appear for questioning on Sept. 20, after Diab officially changed his address from the Grand Serail in the wake of the government’s formation, L’Orient-Le Jour reports
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Lebanon has registered 706 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours. Eight more people have died, raising the death toll to 8,210
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FOOD SHORTAGES “Food disaster” averted after port workers resume work, food importers syndicate head tells L’Orient Today
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