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Lebanese breathe sighs of relief as airport, highways reopen
By Anthony Elghossain
Daily Star staff
Friday, May 16, 2008

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Beirut's airport resumed activity Thursday after commercial airlines including Lebanon's national carrier, Middle East Airlines (MEA), had stopped flights in and out of the capital in response to the opposition's blockage of access roads leading to the country's only international airport.

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