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Lebanon currency in free-fall amid political impasse

by Associated Press
| June 24, 2020 12:03 PM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon's currency continued its downward spiral Wednesday, reaching a new low before the dollar and raising such alarm that it prompted a powerful politician to call for a state of “financial emergency.”

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