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After Paris, social media asks, what about #Beirut?

Anne-Sophie BrändlinNovember 15, 2015

An outpouring of support for the victims of the Paris terrorist attacks has overshadowed recent bombings in Beirut and elsewhere. Social media users in Lebanon and Nigeria are wondering why.

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