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Lebanese Rise Up Against The Capitalist Dream Of Privatization

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September 17, 2015

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A Lebanese anti-government protester faces off with a riot policeman on a road leading to the parliament building before a scheduled meeting of political leaders to try to solve the on-going trash crisis and government dysfunction, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

BEIRUT — Lebanon has been described as “the next domino to have fallen to the grand anti-establishment movement currently playing out in the Middle East” by Jawad Fairouz, a former Bahrain MP for Al Wefaq, Bahrain’s main opposition bloc and the largest political party in the Gulf Cooperation Council.

All eyes are yet again locked on the Middle East, with politicians and experts assessing whether the Levant will be swept up in a fresh revolutionary wave, an awakening reminiscent of protests that kicked off in 2011, or another aborted attempt at democratization.

The Lebanese government’s failure to resolve a garbage disposal crisis and address chronic electricity and water shortages, sparked the You Stink campaign in the capital Beirut in July.

Up to 40 Arrested in Beirut Garbage Crisis Clash

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September 16, 2015

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By Dana Ballout

BEIRUT—Nearly 40 protesters were arrested Wednesday as antigovernment demonstrators calling for a solution to Lebanon’s garbage crisis and an end to corruption clashed with police in Beirut, even as organizers said the protests would continue.

The clashes broke out as demonstrations attempted to block officials from entering Beirut’s central parliament building, where a second national dialogue to discuss a new election law and resolve the country’s presidential vacuum was being held. Members from all political parties were invited to join the dialogue.

An Egyptian oil billionaire in talks to buy two private Greek islands for refugees

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September 16, 2015

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Elsa Buchanan, International Business Times

Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris, who had offered his own solution to help solve the growing migrant crisis by buying Mediterranean island to allow refugees a temporary shelter until a long-term solution can be found, is currently in talks to buy two private islands in Greece.

He has been approached by the UN's refugee agency UNHCR to cooperate on the project, which he estimates would cost $100m (£65m, €90m) to start.

A statement from Sawiris's company, Orascom Telecom Media and Technology, on 14 September confirmed he had "identified two privately owned Greek islands that constitute a good opportunity for the project. It said: "We have corresponded with the owners and expressed our interest to go into negotiation with them."

Lebanon police clash with protesters again over trash crisis

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September 16, 2015

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By ZEINA KARAM, AP

BEIRUT — Lebanese police beat back protesters with clubs and sticks and arrested dozens of people in downtown Beirut Wednesday as a second session of dialogue between politicians got underway, the latest confrontations this city has seen over the country's summer trash crisis.

The small group of activists had gathered near the parliament building, where the meeting was taking place. Some of the protesters had brought eggs to pelt politicians' convoys with while others tried to block the street.

Baton-wielding riot police soon clashed with the protesters, at one point dragging two protesters on the ground while violently beating them both. Ambulances rushed to the scene and took the wounded away. The main group behind the protests, "You Stink," said 40 people were arrested.

A crisis over uncollected trash in the capital has ignited the largest Lebanese protests in years and has emerged as a festering symbol of the government's paralysis and failure to provide basic services.