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      Lebanon's top rower has no boat but dreams of competing at the Olympics
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      Lebanon's top rower has no boat but dreams of competing at the Olympics

      Rodrigue Ibrahim shows what is left of national team’s rowing facilities destroyed in Beirut port explosion

      LebanonMarch 28, 2023
      Students at top Lebanese University confused over double timezone
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      Students at top Lebanese University confused over double timezone

      American University of Beirut adopted separate timezones for educational and medical departments after government move to delay daylight savings for one month

      LebanonMarch 27, 2023
      Retired soldiers try to storm government palace in Beirut
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      Retired soldiers try to storm government palace in Beirut

      Veterans attempt to enter Grand Serail, protesting over deteriorating pensions and standard of living

      LebanonMarch 22, 2023
      Lebanon's central bank governor appears before European prosecutors
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      Lebanon's central bank governor appears before European prosecutors

      Riad Salameh attends hearing in Beirut to face questions, as part of an international investigation into alleged money laundering

      LebanonMarch 17, 2023
      Sierra Leonean women grieve after suspicious housefire kills four in Lebanon
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      Sierra Leonean women grieve after suspicious housefire kills four in Lebanon

      The National joins a group of survivors as they return to their apartments after a fire killed four in their building

      LebanonMarch 14, 2023
      (FILES) In this file handout photo provided by the Lebanese Parliament Press Office on January 19, 2023, shows Lebanese deputies Melhem Khalaf (L) and Najat Saliba giving a statement to the press at the end of a session in the parliament building, in the capital Beirut's downtown district. - Two independent lawmakers have been refusing to leave parliament for eight days unless fellow MPs agree on a new president, as crisis-hit Lebanon faces deepening economic woes essentially leaderless. (Photo by LEBANESE PARLIAMENT / AFP) / === RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / LEBANESE PARLIAMENT PRESS OFFICE" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ===
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      'We fight for hope': Lebanese MPs vow to extend sleeping protests

      Najat Saliba and Melhem Khalaf have spent 50 nights inside the building as the country grapples to find a new president

      LebanonMarch 09, 2023
      Lebanese MPs camp out in parliament for 50 days
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      Lebanese MPs camp out in parliament for 50 days

      Two Lebanese MPs have been living in the parliament building in Beirut, protesting against political inaction and the failure to elect a president

      LebanonMarch 09, 2023
      What does continued dollarisation mean for the Lebanese?
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      What does continued dollarisation mean for the Lebanese?

      The National's Beirut correspondent, Nada Homsi, explains the social and economic implications of Lebanon's unfettered dollarisation

      LebanonMarch 08, 2023
      Lebanon's largest university crumbles under economic strain
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      Lebanon's largest university crumbles under economic strain

      The country's only state-funded higher education institution in peril as funding and resources dry up

      LebanonMarch 03, 2023
      Syrian family shelter in cave in Antakya
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      Syrian family shelter in cave in Antakya

      Having miraculously survived the earthquake in Turkey, a displaced Syrian family resort to living in a cave for fear of future earthquakes

      AsiaFebruary 21, 2023
      More earthquake devastation in Turkey if warnings not heeded - experts
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      More earthquake devastation in Turkey if warnings not heeded - experts

      The authorities have been arresting contractors in Turkey accused of using illegal construction methods, but experts warn this will not save Turkey from future devastation

      AsiaFebruary 17, 2023
      Baris Yapar lost his home, and his grandparents to the earthquake on February 6. Matt Kynaston/ The National
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      Residents of earthquake-hit Samandag struggle to survive without aid

      Having lost his home and his grandparents, Baris has not had time to grieve as his city has been left to recover after the earthquake without government help

      AsiaFebruary 15, 2023
      Turkish earthquake survivor speaks to The National after being rescued from the rubble
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      Turkish earthquake survivor speaks to The National after being rescued from the rubble

      In Samandağ, where the government response has been criticised for being too slow, The National spoke to one of the survivors who waited three days to be rescued

      AsiaFebruary 15, 2023
      Yasmina and Andar stand in front of their destroyed home in Antakya, Turkey on 10 February 2023, four days after catastrophic earthquake. Matt Kynaston / The National
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      Displaced family return to destroyed home in Antakya

      Andar and Yasmin take The National to their destroyed home in Turkish city and consider their options for the future

      AsiaFebruary 12, 2023
      Lasko the rescue dog is part of the Secouristes Francais Coix-Blanche team looking for survivors in the old town of Antakya on 10 February 2023. Matt Kynaston / The National
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      Lasko the rescue dog looking for survivors in the rubble

      Lasko is a German Shepherd used by a French rescue team that is searching for survivors in Antakya, devastated by the Turkey earthquake

      MENAFebruary 11, 2023
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