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Lebanon holds Baalbek concert despite virus, economic crisis

by Associated Press
| July 6, 2020 12:06 AM

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon on Sunday hosted its annual music festival in the ancient northeastern city of Baalbek without an audience for the first time, a move organizers dubbed “an act of cultural resilience” to the coronavirus pandemic as well as the country's unprecedented economic meltdown.

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