Lebanon divided over daylight saving time.
Lebanon woke up in two time zones on Sunday as a dispute between political and religious authorities escalated over a decision to extend winter time for a month. Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati issued a decision on Thursday to roll clocks forward an hour on April 20, instead of entering daylight savings time on the last weekend of March as is usually the case in Lebanon, Europe and other regions. The influential Maronite church announced it would disobey the decision, calling it “surprising” and saying there had been no consultations with other actors or considerations of international standards. Meanwhile, Muslim institutions and parties appeared set to remain in winter time, deepening divides in a country that witnessed a 1975-90 civil war between Christian and Muslim factions.
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