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Hundreds of people marched and blocked roads in a third consecutive day of nationwide protests after the Lebanese pound plummeted to a record 10,000 to the US dollar. Officially pegged at 1,500 to the dollar, the pound has steadily devalued since an economic crisis hit Lebanon in 2019. In Martyrs’ Square, Beirut’s protest centre, about 70 people blocked an empty road with burning tyres on Thursday. “Lebanon has become a graveyard for our dreams,” unemployed Amer Ashkar, 29 , told The National. “I have a girlfriend but we can t even afford to get married. This is a revolution of the poor.” Lebanon s political elite have been in power since the end of the 15-year civil war in 1990. ....