With hundreds of amateurs converging on the playgrounds of Beirut, one could probably boast that Beirut is the Arab world’s capital of street basketball and mini-football.

Palestinian refugees from the southern Ain al-Hilweh camp protested for the second time in less than two weeks against the recent spate of armed clashes that have broken out in the camp.

More than 50,000 people have applied for government help to alleviate poverty, according to Social Affairs Minister Wael Abu Faour.

A preliminary investigation report cited three possible reasons for last month’s collapse of a building in Beirut which killed 27 people.