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The haunting photo of a drowned Syrian child is finally forcing the world to take notice of a years-long crisis

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September 3, 2015

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The image of a drowned Syrian toddler washed up on a Turkish beach that was shared widely on social media Wednesday has caught the attention of newspapers and politicians around the world. British publications The Independent, Metro, and The Sun featured the photo on their covers Thursday morning, as did the New York Daily News and The Wall Street Journal. Publications everywhere from Brazil to Turkey featured the photo as well.

The Daily Telegraph featured a different photo of a border guard holding a crying refugee child with the headline, "Plight of migrant children stirs Europe's conscience." The photo has gripped the world and prompted questions about why European governments aren't doing more to equitably share the burden of refugees flooding into the region.

Lebanese Twitter users mock MTV over ‘demonstration etiquette’ episode

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September 3, 2015

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Nadine Daher in MTV speaking about etiquette of demonstrations Daily Star Lebanon: Lebanese Twitter users launched a mocking campaign against the local channel MTV …

UN calls on Lebanon to elect president as protests grow

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September 2, 2015

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United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The UN Security Council on Wednesday called on Lebanon's parliament to elect a new president to help ease a political crisis that has fueled street protests. The appeal came after Lebanese lawmakers again failed in their 28th bid to elect a new president and fill the post left vacant since May 2014.

The deadlock in parliament took place against the backdrop of street protests first sparked by frustration over rubbish collection but that have since mushroomed into anger at Lebanon's political class.

Lebanese Politicians Seek Way to Quell Public Anger –

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September 2, 2015

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Lebanese anti-government protesters are seen behind metal barricades and other reinforcements that were installed as extra security measures around the Lebanese government building after anti-government protesters removed barbed wire barriers during recent demonstrations, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015. Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk warned protesters Wednesday against staging sit-ins or attacks targeting state institutions, saying such actions will no longer be tolerated. Machnouk spoke a day after a group of protesters marched into the Environment Ministry in Beirut, occupying a floor of the building in a drawn-out standoff with security forces that lasted nine hours. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Jamie Dettmer, voice of America

As anti-government street protests continue to rock Lebanon’s capital, the country’s political elites are scrambling to find a way to quell rising public anger over alleged government incompetence and graft.

In a crisis that has grown out of lacking municipal services, analysts say there are now signs that a group of lawmakers may be backing the idea of appointing Lebanese army chief Jean Kahwaji as president, a post that has not been filled for more than a year.

Tensions came to a boil over two weeks ago when security forces opened fire on thousands of mainly youthful demonstrators who took to the streets to protest, initially against uncollected garbage piling up in Beirut. The protests quickly spawned a movement with expanded demands that now threatens the fragile sectarian power-sharing arrangements underpinning Lebanon since the end of its 15-year-long civil war in 1990.