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Lebanon is rapidly becoming a failed state

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Maintaining a precarious peace between Muslims and Christians has been a standard feature of Lebanon.

PHOTO: REUTERS

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LONDON - Britain has joined other major Western countries in warning its citizens not to travel to Lebanon.
The move amounts to a further economic blow to a Middle Eastern country that used to be a magnet for tourists, but is now facing political meltdown on top of a catastrophic economic decline.
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