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Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion
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Fireworks, ammonium nitrate likely fueled Beirut explosion

Fireworks and ammonium nitrate appear to have been the fuel that ignited a massive explosion that rocked the Lebanese capital…
Iran offers to treat people injured in Beirut blast
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Iran offers to treat people injured in Beirut blast

DUBAI (Reuters) — Iran’s president offered on Wednesday to send medical aid to Lebanon and treat people injured in the…
Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion
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Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive…
Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10 people and injures hundreds
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Massive blast in Beirut kills at least 10 people and injures hundreds

A huge explosion near the centre of Beirut killed at least 10 people, injured hundreds and sent shockwaves across the…
Lebanese try to storm energy ministry amid power cuts
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Lebanese try to storm energy ministry amid power cuts

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of Lebanese protesters tried to storm the Ministry of Energy on Tuesday, angered by prolonged power…
Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on
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Hariri assassination victims await justice 15 years on

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Ehsan Fayed keeps reliving the day her husband was killed in a 2005 bombing in which Lebanon’s…
Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict
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Crisis-weary Lebanon braces for Hariri tribunal verdict

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Fifteen years after a truck bomb killed Lebanon’s former Sunni leader Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut, triggering regional…
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’
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Lebanon’s foreign minister quits over lack of ‘will to reform’

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti resigned on Monday over what he described as lack of political will…
Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse
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Analysis: Often on brink, Lebanon headed toward collapse

BEIRUT (AP) — Power cuts that last up to 20 hours a day. Mountains of trash spilling into streets. Long…
For hard-hit Lebanese, Eid traditions are now just too costly
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For hard-hit Lebanese, Eid traditions are now just too costly

TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) — On the streets of Tripoli, Lebanon’s second biggest city and one of its poorest, there are…
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