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Weeks after blast, Lebanon patronage system immune to reform

by Associated Press
| August 24, 2020 11:30 PM

Three weeks after a catastrophic explosion ripped through Beirut, killing nearly 200 people and rendering thousands homeless, the change many hoped for is nowhere in sight. Instead, activists said they are back to square one.

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