{
  "id": 580610,
  "title": "Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark vote, becoming first Arab nation to do so",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/lebanon-abolishes-death-penalty-in-landmark-vote-becoming-first-arab",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T15:02:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Times of Israel",
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    "url": "https://www.timesofisrael.com/lebanon-abolishes-death-penalty-in-landmark-vote-becoming-first-arab-nation-to-do-so/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Majority of 128-member parliament votes in favor of formalizing a 2004 moratorium on executions, with the exception of the Hezbollah bloc, which opposes the motion The post Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark vote, becoming first Arab nation to do so appeared first on The Times of Israel .",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Lebanon parliament votes to abolish death penalty",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/lebanon-parliament-votes-to-abolish-death-penalty",
        "published": "2026-08-11T15:24:07.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}