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Beirut Death Toll Rises After Enormous Explosion

5:57pm August 05, 2020

In Lebanon's devastated capital, at least 135 people are dead and some 5,000 injured. A question looms over the stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate believed to have exploded: Why was it there?

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Lebanese anti-government protesters use the light on their mobile phones during a demonstration in downtown Beirut in November. Activists turned to social media platforms to get out their message, streaming protests live on Twitter and highlighting police

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Lebanon's Government Is Accused Of Swarming WhatsApp To Catch Protesters

9:05am March 09, 2020

by Deborah Amos

Protest organizers, lawyers and rights advocates tell NPR the authorities have adopted surveillance tactics, including allegedly invading chat groups to intimidate and investigate critics.

This house in Beirut is referred to in court documents as belonging to former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn, who fled Japan where he faced criminal charges and ended up in Lebanon.

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Interpol Sends Lebanon Notice About Fugitive Auto Exec Carlos Ghosn

6:04pm January 02, 2020

by David Welna

The notification is a request to law enforcement to locate and hold the former head of Nissan, who jumped bail in Japan, where he faces financial misconduct charges.

A group of students visits the Beirut mansion that architect Mona El Hallak is working to transform into a museum making sense of Lebanon's civil war.

In A Bullet-Riddled Mansion, A Beirut Architect Envisions A Museum Of Memory

12:39pm March 30, 2017

by Alice Fordham

Beirut is peaceful now, but political divisions still run deep — and people are still hesitant to look back on the civil war years of the 1970s and 1980s.

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In Iranian Funds Case, Justices Ponder Extent Of Congressional Influence

7:29pm January 13, 2016

by Nina Totenberg

The Supreme Court is considering whether legislators can give away Iranian government funds the U.S. controls, providing legal compensation to victims of specific terrorist attacks sponsored by Iran.

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After Violence Overseas, Wake Forest Holds Vigil For Peace

5:06pm November 16, 2015

by Sean Bueter

As cities and countries around the world mourn the recent violence in Paris and Beirut, Wake Forest University held its own vigil Monday to reflect on the violence – and on healing.

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People gather near the site of a twin suicide attack Thursday in Burj al-Barajneh, southern Beirut, Lebanon. The self-proclaimed Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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More Than 40 Reportedly Killed As Bombs Hit Hezbollah Area In Beirut

7:06pm November 12, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The self-declared Islamic State has purportedly claimed responsibility for two blasts on a busy street. Lebanon's Health Ministry says the attack killed at least 40 people and injured 239 more.

A Lebanese woman covers her nose as she walks past piles of garbage on a Beirut street.

Amid Political Dysfunction, Beirut Residents Suffer The Stench Of Garbage

8:04pm July 30, 2015

by Alice Fordham

Beirut's streets are piled with two weeks' worth of uncollected trash. To many Lebanese, it's no surprise. The country has been without a president for more than a year.

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Lebanon's parliament sits in Beirut's rebuilt Nejmeh Square, near the center of the city. Unlike many of Beirut's neighborhoods, the square is often mostly empty.

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Ghosts Of The Past Still Echo In Beirut's Fragmented Neighborhoods

3:26pm October 06, 2014

by Alice Fordham

Lebanon's civil war ended 25 years ago, but the sectarian divisions that sliced its capital into different enclaves still hold today. Everyone coexists relatively peacefully — most of the time.

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