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Former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn, pictured leaving the Tokyo Detention Center in April, is believed to have escaped with the help of several individuals. So far, Turkish authorities have arrested 12 people in connection with the auto executive's getawa

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Fugitive Carlos Ghosn Escaped House Arrest By Walking Out, Not In Box, Officials Say

7:51pm January 03, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Surveillance video taken outside of former Nissan executive's Tokyo home shows him leaving the house around noon. The new evidence appears to debunk theories that he escaped in a large box.

This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon.

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Interpol Sends Lebanon Notice About Fugitive Auto Exec Carlos Ghosn

6:04pm January 02, 2020

by David Welna

The notification is a request to law enforcement to locate and hold the former head of Nissan, who jumped bail in Japan, where he faces financial misconduct charges.

A 4% hike in metro fares sparked major protests in Santiago, Chile, that raised many issues of inequality, including long waits at public hospitals and overcrowded schools.

There's A New Kind Of Inequality. And It's Not About Income

1:45pm December 09, 2019

by Jason Beaubien

A report issued by the U.N. Development Programme says that the 20th-century thinking about global inequality no longer works in the 21st century.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri speaks during an address to the nation in Beirut, Lebanon on Tuesday. The embattled prime minister said he was presenting his resignation after he hit a "dead end" amid nationwide anti-government protests.

Lebanon's Prime Minister Hariri Resigns After Weeks Of Protests

1:15pm October 29, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

Saad Hariri said he has reached a "dead end" amid widespread demonstrations that paralyzed his country. The move could destabilize a nation that has been relatively peaceful in recent years.

Anti-government protesters wave national flags as Lebanese army soldiers form a human barrier in the area of Jal el-Dib in the northern outskirts of the Lebanese capital of Beirut.

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'Baby Shark,' Drinks And Dancing: Lebanon's Protests Are Unlike Any Other

6:38pm October 23, 2019

Protesters are demanding better public services, economic reform and a new government. Many demonstrators do so while holding a Lebanese flag in one hand and a beer in the other.

A Lebanese woman holds up a sign demanding that the country's ruling elites pay up on the sixth day of protests in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, on Tuesday.

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Protesters Continue To Fill Streets Of Lebanon, United By Their Calls For Change

5:05pm October 22, 2019

by Laurel Wamsley

The government has taken notice and announced some changes: No new taxes. Halving officials' salaries. Approving new power plants. But the demonstrators say they're not going away.

Protesters block the main road outside the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on July 16. The protests are against Lebanese government decision to restrict Palestinians' work opportunities.

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In Lebanon, Palestinians Protest New Employment Restrictions

3:04pm July 26, 2019

by Lama Al-Arian

The protests were spurred by the closure of two Palestinian-owned businesses amid a larger government crackdown on Syrian refugees. Palestinians make up about 10% of Lebanon's population.

A Syrian boy walks among demolished shelters at a refugee camp in the northeastern Lebanese town of Arsal, in Lebanon's Bekaa valley, on June 10.

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Forced To Demolish Their Own Homes, Syrian Refugees In Lebanon Seek New Shelter

8:01am June 22, 2019

Lebanon requires refugees to live in shelters made of canvas or wood. A new military decree directs them to demolish concrete walls over 3 feet high by July 1. Many don't know where they'll live next.

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Nizar Zakka (center), a Lebanese national and U.S. resident arrested in Iran in 2015 and sentenced to 10 years in jail on espionage charges, gives a press conference in Beirut after he was freed in early June.

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U.S. Resident Imprisoned In Iran On Spying Charges Returns To America

5:51pm June 18, 2019

by Ashley Westerman

Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese citizen, was recently released from Iran's notorious Evin Prison, where he served nearly four years.

A lure attracts songbirds into a poacher's field in Ras Baalbek.

For Migratory Birds, Lebanon Is A 'Black Hole' Where They Are Hunted, Trapped, Killed

8:02am February 03, 2019

Every year, some 2.6 million birds are shot or die after being trapped in illegal nets in Lebanon. "This country is a black hole in terms of protection," says a conservationist.