Penny pinching and power cuts; Lebanon’s middle class squeezed by crisis
Reuters About 80% of the population of 6.5 million are considered poor Lebanese school teacher Sara Wissam and her husband
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Shots, tear gas and flames as protests against Beirut explosion grow
Beirut (Reuters) – Lebanese riot police fired tear gas at demonstrators trying to break through a barrier to get to
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India seizes 740 tonnes of chemical that caused Lebanon blast
Chennai (Reuters) – Indian customs authorities have seized a container with 740 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, the chemical that caused
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Factbox: What is ammonium nitrate, the chemical that blew up Beirut?
Reuters The larger the quantity, the greater the risk it will detonate. Lebanese authorities said 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate
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Macron vows to help mobilise aid for Lebanon after devastating blast, warns on reforms
Beirut (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday promised aid to blast-stricken Lebanon but reassured angry citizens reeling from
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Factbox: The assassination of Lebanon’s Hariri and its aftermath
Reuters The tribunal named four Hezbollah members wanted over the killing… Lebanon’s Rafik al-Hariri was assassinated in 2005. Here are
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Background on Lebanon’s Hezbollah
Reuters Shadowy groups, which Lebanese security officials and Western intelligence say are linked to Hezbollah, launched suicide attacks on Western
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Israel not involved in Beirut blast, Israeli official says
Tel Aviv (Reuters) – Israel has nothing to do with a huge explosion at the Beirut port area on Tuesday,
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