Lebanese anti-government protesters sit on the sidewalk in front of a finance ministry building as Lebanese policemen stand guard in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

A Lebanese anti-government protester with a tattoo on her back that reads in Arabic, "Revolution is a woman" attends a protest in front of a Finance Ministry building in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015 - AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

Lebanese anti-government protesters sit on the sidewalk in front of a finance ministry building as Lebanese policemen stand guard in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese activists held a protest on Tuesday outside a Finance Ministry building in the country's capital, after failing to storm it — part of a recent series of anti-government rallies stemming from a trash collection crisis The protesters attempted to enter the building earlier in the day, as employees were arriving. But security forces quickly prevented them, closing the doors to the protesters and other arriving staffers.

The protesters chanted against corruption in state institutions. They said they are taking their protests to the Finance Ministry, asking that it stop paying salaries for lawmakers who have been unable to convene. The protesters complain the parliament, elected in 2009, is illegitimate.

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Francis raised his concerns about the terrorist threat during an interview with a Portuguese radio stationAs thousands of refugees attempt to reach Europe, Pope Francis has acknowledged the danger of infiltration by ISIS terrorists.

“It’s true, I recognise that, nowadays, border safety conditions are not what they once were. The truth is that just 400 kilometres from Sicily there is an incredibly cruel terrorist group. So there is a danger of infiltration, this is true,” the Pope said during an interview with Portuguese radio station Radio Renascença. He added that “nobody said Rome would be immune to this threat”.

Lydia Ramsey

Just when you thought you'd run out of excuses to add olive oil to pretty much everything, science has given us yet another great reason.

In a study of older women published Monday in the medical journal JAMA, Spanish scientists found that a Mediterranean diet supplemented with extra olive oil appeared to help reduce the participants' risk of breast cancer when compared against two other groups of women on either a low-fat diet or a Mediterranean diet supplemented with nuts. 

The Mediterranean diet is modeled off of foods commonly eaten in countries on the Mediterranean sea. It's typically high in fruits and vegetables, fish, and whole grains like whole wheat and brown rice.