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color=#000080><SPAN class=headlinetext1><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Letter
from the Middle East: A buyer's market in Lebanon</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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Williams (Bloomberg News)</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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