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After unprecedented shutdown, Lebanon’s banks reopen, mitigate nationwide panic

Lebanese banks have been shut for two weeks straight, not only because of the unprecedented nationwide protests but also because of the accumulation of an unresolved economic crisis.

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A demonstrator sits on a pole while carrying a national flag during an anti-government protest in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Oct. 20, 2019. — REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

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