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Beirut's Commodore Hotel, a haven for journalists during Lebanon's civil war, shuts down

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By Julia Frankel Verified, Grace Ekpu Verified
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Verified
BEIRUT — During Lebanon’s civil war, the Commodore Hotel in western Beirut's Hamra district became iconic among the foreign press corps. For many, it served as an unofficial newsroom where they could file dispatches even when communications systems were down elsewhere. Armed guards at the door provided some sense of protection as sniper fights and shelling were turning the cosmopolitan city to rubble. The hotel even had its own much-loved mascot: a cheeky parrot at the bar.
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Retouched images of Israel's first lady, distributed by the state, ignite a fiery ethics debate

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By Bassem Mroue Verified, Grace Ekpu Verified
| Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Verified
JERUSALEM — The photos seemed destined for posterity in Israel’s state archives. In the snapshots, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is joined by his wife, Sara, as well as U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee and a group of Israeli soldiers, as they light Hannukah candles at Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews pray. The leaders exchange triumphant looks. But something is off.
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Africa's megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk

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By Grace Ekpu Verified
| The Argus-Press Verified
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Beneath an eight-lane expressway, Nigerian men stand waist-deep in the Lagos Lagoon, lowering buckets into murky water. Each load brings up sand, reshaping the coastline of Africa’s largest city and driving away fish and livelihoods for some of its poorest people. Not far from the bridge, wooden boats are loaded with sand. One of thousands of local dredgers, Akeem Sossu, 34, has been diving for sand for at least three years.
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