UK urges travelers to avoid all but essential travel to Lebanon


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Days after Lebanon was ready to sue an American TV series for an unfair portrayal of its capital city, a car bomb exploded and demonstrations over took the city leading to a drop in tourism that the country badly wanted to avoid.
A car bomb exploded in the Achrafieh district of Beirut on Friday, killing eight people, including a senior intelligence official, prompting violent protests this weekend in Beirut, Tripoli and Sidon. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="350"] The updated travel advisory will lead to a drop in tourism i