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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

HISTORICAL FACTS: Lebanon s parliament votes to spend world bank loan on wheat | History Defined

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Lebanese lawmakers on Tuesday voted to use a $150 million World Bank loan to pay for wheat imports into the cash-strapped country.

Already in the throes of a crippling economic crisis, Lebanon is also struggling to cope with a food security crisis that has left half its roughly 6 million people without adequate food.

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