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Daylight savings time dispute puts Lebanon in two timezones

A demonstrator holds a Lebanese flag during a protest near the parliament building in downtown Beirut [File: Mohamed Azakir/Reuters]

Lebanon has woken up in two time zones amid an escalating dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time for a month.

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to delay entering daylight savings time till April 20, instead of rolling the clocks forward an hour on the last weekend of March.

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