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Critics see it as yet another example of official corruption in a country reeling from the August 4 explosion.
The New Arab speaks to Roisin Tapponi, the founder of the Habibi Collective project, about the digital archiving of films made by women from the Middle East.
The new report follows a warning last week from the top UN official for Libya that the oil-rich country is at 'a decisive turning point'.
Progress has been made to launch talks designed to end the disputed maritime border between Lebanon and Israel, a US official claimed on Tuesday.
Former Lebanese finance minister, Ali Hassan Khalil and former transport minister, Youssef Fenianos were slapped with US sanctions on Tuesday.
Judge Fadi Sawan will hear caretaker transport and public works minister Michel Najjar and State Security agency head Tony Saliba on Thursday during the Beirut Blast probe.
Local reports suggesting the violence was sparked between supporters of ex-PM and leader of the Future Movement Saad Hariri and his brother Bahaa Hariri.
Giuseppe Conte is the latest senior foreign official to visit Lebanon after the August 4 blast in Beirut's port that killed 192 people, wounded more than 6,000.
"I am the governor who tried, with the means we have, to maintain the system, not to let the system collapse," Riad Salameh claimed amid rumours he would quit.
France and the US are at odds over Hezbollah as Lebanon's crisis continues.
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