EXPLAINER-Why is Lebanon in an economic and political mess? <!-- no image --> <div>Demonstrations have convulsed Beirut and other cities across Lebanon since mid-October, forcing the prime minister to resign and shaking confidence in an economy that was already in crisis.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GjZ2PT8T3xI:N82NJiqkaFk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GjZ2PT8T3xI:N82NJiqkaFk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=GjZ2PT8T3xI:N82NJiqkaFk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=GjZ2PT8T3xI:N82NJiqkaFk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=GjZ2PT8T3xI:N82NJiqkaFk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/GjZ2PT8T3xI" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters