Daily Memo: Unrest in Belarus and Beirut

Rhetoric is turning into action in both hotspots.

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Belarus update. Protests in Belarus continue for a fourth week, with smaller businesses now joining the fray. Online stores, bars, cafes, beauty salons, print shops, a language school and others announced they would take the day off Sept. 1 as a sign of solidarity with other protesters demonstrating against President Alexander Lukashenko. Meanwhile, Viktor Babariko, […]

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