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Lebanese Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil

Lebanese cabinet approves draft 2019 budget

Fishing

A woman sells fish caught by her husband at the market in Egypt's Nile Delta village of El Shakhluba

Egyptian fishermen's families hope for a bigger catch

Austerity

Lebanon's Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil

Lebanon close to finalising draft budget

Austerity

Public sector workers hold Lebanese flags during a protest in downtown Beirut

Lebanese labour union warns of big strikes

Austerity

Lebanese retired soldiers burn tires as they protest in front of the government building during a cabinet meeting to discuss an austerity budget

Lebanon drafting 'most austere' budget under pressure

Lebanon Economy

Public sector workers hold banners during a protest against any cuts to their salaries in the budget, in downtown Beirut

Lebanese PM warns of 'catastrophe' without austerity

Austerity

A vendor weighs potatoes at a temporary tent with government subsidised goods, after consumer prices increase across the country in Cairo, Egypt.

Egyptians tell Sisi they want to eat potatoes

Austerity

Bahrain government rejects parliament's subsidy reforms

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