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News tagged 'Beirut blast'

Beirut port blast death toll rises to 190

Aug 30, 2020

BEIRUT: The death toll from this month’s Beirut port blast has risen to 190 with more than 6,500 injured and three people missing, Lebanon’s caretaker government said in a report dated Sunday. Lebanese authorities are probing what caused highly explosive material stored unsafely for years to detonate in a mushroom cloud, wrecking swat...

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Lebanese government resigns after Beirut blast, public anger

Aug 11, 2020

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s prime minister stepped down from his job Monday in the wake of the catastrophic explosion in Beirut that has triggered public outrage, saying he has come to the conclusion that corruption in the country is “bigger than the state.” The move risks opening the way to dragged-out negotiations over a new Cabinet amid...

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Blast destroyed landmark 19th-century palace in Beirut

Aug 10, 2020

BEIRUT: The 160-year-old palace withstood two world wars, the fall of the Ottoman Empire, the French mandate and Lebanese independence. After the country’s 1975-1990 civil war, it took 20 years of careful restoration for the family to bring the palace back to its former glory. “In a split second, everything was destroyed again,” s...

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Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger over Beirut blast grows

Aug 9, 2020

BEIRUT: Lebanese protesters stormed government ministries in Beirut and trashed the offices of the Association of Lebanese Banks on Saturday as shots rang out in increasingly angry demonstrations over this week’s devastating explosion. The protesters said their politicians should resign and be punished for negligence they say led to Tuesday...

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Lebanon’s Kataeb Party says its three MPs resigning from parliament in wake of Beirut blast

Aug 8, 2020

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Kataeb Party, a Christian group which opposes the government backed by the Iran-aligned Hezbollah, announced on Saturday the resignation of its three lawmakers from parliament. The announcement by party leader Samy Gemayel brings to five the number of MPs planning to step down in the wake of the catastrophic explosion at th...

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Arab League says ready to mobilise Arab efforts to help Lebanon; Turkey ready to rebuild port

Aug 8, 2020

BEIRUT: Arab League Chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Saturday he would seek to mobilise Arab efforts to provide support to Lebanon after this week’s catastrophic explosion in Beirut destroyed parts of the capital. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Aoun, he also said the Cairo-based league of Arab states was ...

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Rescuers in Lebanon recover more bodies days after blast

Aug 7, 2020

BEIRUT: Rescue teams were still searching the rubble of Beirut’s port for bodies on Friday, nearly three days after a massive explosion sent a wave of destruction through Lebanon’s capital, killing nearly 150 people and wounding thousands. At least four more bodies have been recovered in the last 24 hours, and authorities say the death ...

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Countries rally round Lebanon after Beirut blast

Aug 7, 2020

Countries and international organisations have lined up to help Lebanon after a massive warehouse explosion sent a blast wave across Beirut, killing at least 145 people and injuring nearly 5,000. Below are details of some of the international assistance offered. BANGLADESH – Emergency food, medical supplies and a medical team. BRITAIN –...

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Beirut port manager among 16 held in blast probe, judicial source says

Aug 7, 2020

BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities have arrested 16 people in an investigation into the Beirut port warehouse explosion, state news agency NNA said on Thursday, and a judicial source and local media said the port’s general manager was among those being held. NNA did not name the individuals, but quoted Judge Fadi Akiki, a government representative...

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Lebanon mourns victims of devastating blast, searches for missing

Aug 6, 2020

French president due to visit Beirut on Thursday Dozens still missing after Tuesday’s huge blast Officials start counting enormous cost of explosion World Bank says working to mobilise financial support BEIRUT: Lebanon mourned on Thursday the victims of the most powerful blast to hit the country that was already being crushed by an economic...

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