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(230114) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 14, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A man walks out of a currency exchange shop along Hamara Street in Beirut, Lebanon, Jan. 14, 2023. The Lebanese pound continued its tumble on the parallel market on Friday, hitting a record low of over 49,000 Lebanese pounds against one U.S. dollar, the local newspaper Lorient Today reported on its website. The national currency has lost more than 96 percent of its value over three years. (Xinhua/Liu Zongya)

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