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Lebanon's parliament postpones death penalty abolition bill amid political dispute | The National

· By Nada Maucourant Atallah
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Lebanon fell short of abolishing the death penalty and becoming the first Middle Eastern country to formally end capital punishment when a two-day parliamentary session was adjourned on Thursday.

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