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Beirut, Lebanon CNN  —  When our plane finally took off from Beirut, it was nearly an hour late. The mood in the sold-out cabin was grim. Like many of the passengers, my family and I had been on vacation in Lebanon last week, trying to enjoy a long-awaited reunion with my in-laws. Instead, we watched …

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