MOSCOW / DUBAI / LONDON (Reuters) – In the long-running story of a highly explosive cache of highly explosive ammonium nitrate on the waterfront of Beirut, one thing is clear – no one has ever come forward publicly to demand it. FILE PHOTO: A man is seen at the scene …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Prime Minister announced on Monday his resignation from the government, saying that an enormous explosion that destroyed Beirut and caused public disgrace was the result of endemic corruption. The August 4 detonation at a port of what authorities said was more than 2,000 tons of …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Lebanese Prime Minister announced on Monday his resignation from the government, saying that an enormous explosion that destroyed Beirut and caused public disgrace was the result of endemic corruption. The August 4 detonation at a port of what authorities said was more than 2,000 tons of …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in the port of Beirut posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded, according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources. Debris will …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) – Some Lebanese called for an ongoing uprising on Sunday to assassinate their leaders amid public outrage over this week’s devastating explosion in Beirut, and the country’s top Christian Maronite church said the cabinet should resign to take. A man walks past a truck that caught fire during …
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