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German Development Minister Svenja Schulze arrived in Lebanon on Monday in an expression of support for the millions of refugees and displaced persons in the country, which has been severely affected by the war between Israel and Hezbollah. In mid-October, the German parliament, or Bundestag, provided her ministry with an additional €60 million ($65.4 million) to be spent on health care, food and clean drinking water for the many people in need. This new aid was the reason for the minister’s visit to Beirut, which was scheduled to last only eight hours for security reasons. Schulze visited a c…