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Land and People
A source on food, farming and rural society
Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Democracy finally reaches Lebanon
This woman farmer is voting in the free elections of a Lebanese agricultural cooperative. I received this in an email from the US embassy in Lebanon titled:
Agricultural Cooperative Holds Democratic Elections with U.S. Government Assistance.
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