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Small businesses already feeling the pain after Instagram block in Turkey 

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Instagram has gone dark in Turkey — after the Turkish government unexpectedly blocked the app late last week. The move does not bode well for a community of small, Instagram-based businesses in the country. 

A man buys U.S. dollars in a currency exchange in Benghazi, Libya.

Even a local bank teller can’t be trusted in today’s Libya

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