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Lebanon Protests Continue as Officials Promise New Government, Reforms

Heather Murdock

   TRIPOLI, LEBANON -- "See this?" said Jalal, 21, emptying the pockets of
   his pants while his two friends open their wallets. Between them were
   mobile phones and cigarette lighters, but no money. "This is what it
   means to be a young man in Lebanon," he said.

   The men were demonstrating at one of the many roadblocks erected during
   the wave of protests that has swept across Lebanon for nearly a month.
   The protests reignited this week, amid government attempts to address
   public grievances that were seen as, at best, inadequate and, at worst,
   insulting.

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