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Year: 2022

Depositors storm 4 Lebanese banks, demanding their own money

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the cash-strapped country Tuesday after banks ended a weeklong closure and partially reopened. As the tiny Mediterranean nation’s crippling economic crisis continues to worsen, a growing number of Lebanese depositors have opted to break

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Iran’s president tries to assuage anger as protests continue

By The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian president has appealed for national unity and tried to allay anger against the country’s rulers, even as the anti-government protests engulfing the country continued to spread to universities and high schools. President Ebrahim Raisi on Tuesday acknowledged that the Islamic Republic had “weaknesses and

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