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Lebanon Seizes Ship Accused of Carrying Stolen Ukrainian Grain

Laodicea, docked in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli, on July 30.

Laodicea, docked in Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli, on July 30.

Photographer: Fathi Al-Masri/AFP/Getty Images

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Lebanon has seized a ship loaded with barley and wheat flour while it determines whether the cargo may have been stolen from Ukraine, said Public Prosecutor Ghassan Oueidat.