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Jabs for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to coronavirus bribery

by Bachir El-Khoury - June 10, 2021 - 10:00am

The "vaccine for vote" system builds on decades-old patronage practices that have seen leaders buy their way into office by offering voters money or public sector employment.

Two huge Beirut explosions kill 73, injure thousands

by Bachir El-Khoury - August 5, 2020 - 7:31am

Prime Minister Hassan Diab said that 2,750 tonnes of the agricultural fertiliser ammonium nitrate that had been stored for years in a portside warehouse had blown up, sparking "a disaster in every sense of the ...

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