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More green space disappears
ISF to take 9,000 square meters of Horsh Beirut
By Nada Bakri
Special to The Daily Star
Friday, January 14, 2005

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Beirut's 0.8-square meter-per-capita ratio of greenery - 50 times less than the standard set by the World Health Organization - is about to drop further, as 9,000 square meters from Horsh Beirut are to become concreted over by the Interior Security Forces.

"Two years ago the ISF filed a request to build a temporary police.

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