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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (L) speaks with French President Emmanuel Macron as they attend 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. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / ludovic MARIN (Photo credit should read LUDOVIC MARIN/AFP via Getty Images)