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LEBANON

Ghosn banned from foreign travel

Lebanon banned former auto titan Carlos Ghosn from travel on Thursday and asked Japan to hand over his file on financial misconduct charges, as Tokyo urged the fugitive businessman to return. The 65-year-old fled while awaiting trial on charges including allegedly underreporting his compensation to the tune of $85 million. His shock arrival in his native Lebanon last month was the latest twist in a story worthy of a Hollywood plot and prompted outrage from the Japanese government as well as from Nissan. On Thursday morning, a day after Ghosn made an impassioned defense in front of world media of his decision to jump bail and flee Japan, he gave testimony to Lebanese prosecutors over an Interpol "red notice" urging his arrest.