 | Lebanon's taxi, bus and van drivers block roads in protestUnions have routinely held protests and strikes since the government officially ended state subsidies in October that caused a full tank of gasoline to cost more than the monthly minimum wage. |
 | Judge seeks arrest of ex-minister charged in Beirut blastLast year in August, hundreds of tons of ammonium nitrate, a highly explosive material used in fertilizers, which was improperly stored in the port for years, exploded to destroy parts of Beirut. |
