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Beirut, Jun 17 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh) Barricades made with garbage containers blocked Beirut's main avenues during the general strike staged Thursday by Lebanese workers' unions in protest against the ongoing economic crisis.FOOTAGE OF BEIRUT DURING THE STRIKE, GARBAGE CONTAINERS BLOCKING THE STREET
Beirut, Jun 17 (EFE/EPA).- (Camera: Nabil Mounzer) Most shops, restaurants, and supermarkets opened Thursday in Beirut despite the general strike called by various worker unions to protest against the Lebanese government's neglect of the country's growing economic crisis and scarcity of necessity goods.In the capital, taxis and pedestrians went about their daily routines, disregarding the strike, which sectors like banking did engage in, with roughly a thousand bank branches shutting their doors, according to the Association of Banks in Lebanon.FOOTAGE OF BEIRUT DURING THE STRIKE
People gather in front of a branch of Blom Bank in Lebanon's capital Beirut after a man held up the bank to withdraw his frozen savings, the latest in a string of "depositor heists" in the crisis-hit country that have garnered wide public support. IMAGES
Lebanese cast their vote at a polling station in the capital Beirut's district of Furn el-Chebbak after polls opened across Lebanon for the first parliamentary elections since multiple crises brought the country to its knees. IMAGES
Wael Hamzeh Beirut, Sep 17 (EFE).- (Camera: Wael Hamzeh ) After over two months of fighting cancer at home, Salma’s mother has landed a coveted hospital bed in a public hospital outside Beirut but that does not guarantee her access to treatment amid Lebanon’s deepening economic crisis. FOOTAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.SOUNDBITES FROM THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY AT RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ISSAM CHEHADE; AND SALMA, THE DAUGHTER OF A CANCER PATIENT ADMITTED TO THE RAFIC HARIRI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL.TRANSLATIONHead of the Department of Hematology and Oncology at Rafic Hariri University Hospital, Issam Chehade:1. "We are heading towards a catastrophic situation if the crisis continues like this and no solutions are found."2. "We are in the loop that the (Central) Bank of Lebanon approved it and the shipment will arrive. It is part of our daily routine to call the drug companies and they tell us next week."3. "And when the shipment arrives it is very limited and is distributed according to priority."Salma, daughter of a cancer patient admitted to Rafic Hariri University Hospital, outside Beirut:4. "I started looking for other alternatives such as the Syrian or Iranian version of these drugs, but they harm her, she cannot sleep."5. "We could not admit her to a hospital because she does not have health insurance and it is very difficult to put someone in a hospital through the Ministry of Health."
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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