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FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, anti-government protesters hold up banners in Arabic that read, "You are the coronavirus, you are the epidemic," and "Humiliation, bankruptcy, looting, starving and killing the rest of us," in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, in Beirut, Lebanon. As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets - it seemed civil disobedience and government responses to protests would dominate the international landscape. Then came the Coronavirus. The protest camps in central Beirut are subdued. Masks worn to protect against tear gas are more often now worn to protect against the virus. The vast majority of people recover from the new virus. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2020 file photo, anti-government protesters hold up banners in Arabic that read, "You are the coronavirus, you are the epidemic," and "Humiliation, bankruptcy, looting, starving and killing the rest of us," in front of the Lebanese Ministry of Health, in Beirut, Lebanon. As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets - it seemed civil disobedience and government responses to protests would domi…

March 12, 2020

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The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear
March 12, 2020 2:28 a.m.

The new mask: Wave of global revolt replaced by virus fear

BEIRUT (AP) — As 2019 gave way to 2020 in a cloud of tear gas, and in some cases a hail of bullets, from Hong Kong to Baghdad, from Beirut to Barcelona and Santiago, it seemed civil disobedience and government crackdowns on protests would dominate the international landscape.