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ANKARA / ISTANBUL  The international community raised over $800 million (€740 million) to fund humanitarian aid in Lebanon, the French foreign minister said Thursday. “We mobilized more than $800 million, a collective commitment to meet the needs identified by the United Nations,” Jean-Noel Barrot told a news conference following the international conference for Lebanon held in Paris. Barrot said Lebanon was at a “war” it did not choose. Aid to Lebanon’s security forces adds up to the