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Nine Lebanese women murdered by partners in single month

As sexual and domestic violence complaints mount, Lebanese women's rights activists fear that violence against women in the country may be rising as women grow emboldened to resist abuse.

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A portrait of British Embassy worker Rebecca Dykes seen during a candle vigil to raise awareness of violence against women and mourn the lives of four women, including Dykes, who were all killed in Lebanon in separate incidents over a single week, Beirut, Lebanon, Dec. 23, 2017. — ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images

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