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Thousands help Atlantic Canada's Lebanese community celebrate its culture

A three-day celebration of Lebanese culture in Halifax attracted close to 20,000 people earlier this month. As The Link's East Coast correspondent Robert Jaros reports, organizers attribute the festival's success to the Lebanese community's active participation in the social, economic and political life of the city.

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