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Lebanon: Checkpoint Detention

Written byMoussa Bashir
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Posted 16 August 2011 14:09 GMT

Danielle at This is Beirut writes about her experience during the detention and release of her friend (for a couple of hours) at a security checkpoint, as they were returning to Beirut after a day at a winery in the Bekaa Valley.

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