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Wall Street Journal Reporter's Daughter Recovering After Beirut Explosion

5:40am August 07, 2020

This week, Dion Nissenbaum told us how his four-year-old daughter, Iman, suffered serious cuts after a huge blast in Beirut blew apart their home. Now, Iman's on her feet again — and laughing.

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Search and rescue workers sift through damaged buildings Thursday in Beirut after this week's huge explosion at the Lebanese capital's port caused widespread damage.

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Beirut Explosion Update: Lebanon Detains 16 People As Part Of Inquiry

5:24pm August 06, 2020

by Bill Chappell

The investigation into the massive blast continues, a Lebanese judge says. The explosion has been traced to an estimated 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate stored in a warehouse.

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Lebanese Criticize Government Over Massive Explosion In Beirut

4:11pm August 06, 2020

by Ruth Sherlock

The Lebanese people are growing angrier with their leaders after this week's explosion in Beirut, with questions being raised about official negligence as a possible cause in the deadly blast.

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Death Toll Rises in Beirut As Rescue Efforts Continue After Explosion

7:28am August 06, 2020

by Ruth Sherlock

In Beirut, city residents continue to search for survivors after a devastating explosion Tuesday. Many residents believe government dysfunction contributed to the disaster.

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Beirut Faces Crisis As Explosion Comes Amid Food Shortages, Economic Struggle

7:28am August 06, 2020

NPR's David Greene speaks with Rafael Velasquez, an aid worker with Mercy Corps, about the humanitarian crisis facing Beirut following a massive explosion.

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News Brief: Beirut Explosion, Trump On Twitter And Facebook, National Conventions

5:05am August 06, 2020

Investigations continue in the Beirut explosion. Twitter and Facebook go after Trump for sharing coronavirus misinformation. And, the pandemic is changing the National Conventions.

Beruit's port before (left) and after Tuesday's explosion (right).

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Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of Beirut Blast

6:32pm August 05, 2020

by Geoff Brumfiel

The massive explosion leveled the city's port and scattered debris across a road thousands of feet away. The blast killed at least 100 people and injured thousands more.

An aerial view of Beirut's port one day after a massive explosion rocked the Lebanese capital. Tuesday's blast flattened much of the port and damaged buildings across the city.

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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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Aftermath Of The Massive Explosion In Beirut, Lebanon

4:02pm August 05, 2020

The detonation of more than 2,000 tons of explosive material at the Beirut port has damaged as much as half of Lebanon's capital. At least 130 people have been confirmed dead, and 4,000 injured.

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Stimulus checks are prepared on May 8, 2008, in Philadelphia. In 2020, stimulus checks again went to many Americans, this time during the pandemic's economic fallout. Some of that money went to thousands of foreign workers not eligible to receive the fund

Foreign Workers Living Overseas Mistakenly Received $1,200 U.S. Stimulus Checks

8:08am August 05, 2020

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Thousands of foreign workers who entered the U.S. on temporary work visas received $1,200 pandemic stimulus checks in error, and many of them are spending the money in their home countries.

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