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French President Emmanuel Macron (C) delivers a speech, next to Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C-L), during the international CEDRE conference in Paris on April 6, 2018. International donors are set to give the green light to a $10-billion investment plan for Lebanon at the conference in Paris, hoping to stave off an economic crisis. Lebanon's economic growth has plummeted due to repeated political crises, compounded by the Syrian war which has sent a million refugees across the border -- equivalent to a quarter of the Lebanese population before the conflict. (Photo by ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)