Lebanese central bank to provide dollars for essential food imports <!-- no image --> <div>Lebanon's central bank said on Thursday it would start taking "necessary measures" to defend the local currency as of May 27, including providing dollars for essential food imports.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vgBzBVOOefc:7lEJbyB4v0c: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=vgBzBVOOefc:7lEJbyB4v0c:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vgBzBVOOefc:7lEJbyB4v0c:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=vgBzBVOOefc:7lEJbyB4v0c:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=vgBzBVOOefc:7lEJbyB4v0c:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/vgBzBVOOefc" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters