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Health
Countries Face A Variety Of Obstacles In Getting Vaccines In Their Citizens' Arms
Mistrust towards China-produced vaccines, general vaccine hesitancy and distribution complications have all been obstacles in getting the vaccine out in some countries.
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World
Victims' Families In Lebanon Aim To Keep Explosion Probe Going
The dismissal of the lead judge investigating last year's massive blast in Beirut is raising fears of political interference to protect the country's leaders. The blast killed dozens of people.
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World
Rare Snowfall Brings Moments Of Winter Wonder To Middle East
Large swaths of the Middle East are covered in snow, sparking joy and wonder in a region that doesn't normally witness white winters.
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Migrants Flee Lebanon In Desperate, Doomed Journey
The story of Lebanese migrants on a doomed boat in September highlights the continuing attempts to get across the Mediterranean Sea — where over 1,000 migrants died in 2020.
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World
Migrants Continue To Die In Attempts To Cross Mediterranean Sea To Europe
The pandemic and its many travel restrictions haven't stopped thousands of migrants from attempting the dangerous trip across the Mediterranean Sea this year. More than 1,000 have died at sea.
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World
Lebanon A Year Later: Economic Collapse, Riots, Pandemic And Beirut Explosion
After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut.
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World
After The Big Explosion In Beirut, Volunteers Are Helping Out
In Lebanon, volunteers have stepped in to do the aid work still needed after the blast that ripped through Beirut a month ago. Many blame the government for inaction.
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Environment
On Beaches Quieted By The Pandemic, Lebanon Sees Sea Turtle Boom
As Lebanon reels from multiple tragedies, conservationists are pointing to one bright spot. They say a record number of endangered green sea turtles have come to nest on the country's shores.
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National
A Member Of Hezbollah Found Guilty Of Killing Lebanon's Ex-Prime Minister
A U.N. tribunal has found a member of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah guilty of killing a former prime minister but says it has no evidence of the group's leadership involved.
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World
Lebanon's Government Resigns Amid Outrage Over Beirut Explosion
The prime minister announced the resignations Monday after last week's deadly warehouse explosion in Beirut that killed scores of people. A warehouse filled with combustible chemicals blew up.