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Low turnout in Beirut general strike over economic crisis

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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

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