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Lebanon abruptly nixes plan for $122M airport ‘Terminal 2’

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By BASSEM MROUE
Associated Press

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker transportation minister says the contract for a new terminal at the country’s main airport is cancelled, following an uproar over the lack of public bidding for the $122 million project. The minister, Ali Hamie, announced the cancellation Thursday during a visit to parliament. Several media outlets criticized the government’s decision to sign a contract with an international company without holding a public tender. Lebanon is in the throes of its worst economic and financial crisis in its modern history, rooted in decades of corruption and mismanagement by the country’s political class.

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