date:Sep 28, 2016
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Earlier in the day, apple farmers in the coastal city of Jbeil held a brief demonstration to demand the government take action over what they said were barriers to selling their products. The farmers briefly cut off the highway from Jbeil toward Beirut and dumped their apples on the street.
The noose around the farmers' necks is tightening by the day. Five million boxes will be wasted because they are not going to be sold, state media quoted Wehbi as saying.
The farmers later opened the