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Around 300,000 people displaced after deadly blast in Beirut: Governor
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], August 5 (ANI/Sputnik): Around 300,000 people became homeless as a result of the recent powerful explosion in the port of Beirut in Lebanon, the city's Governor Marwan Abboud, said on Wednesday.
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Cricket fraternity mourns deadly Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): Indian skipper Virat Kohli and his teammates extended their thoughts and prayers to the people of Lebanon after a powerful explosion in the port of Beirut claimed 78 lives and injured more than 4,000 people.
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Five staffers of Dutch Embassy injured in Beirut explosion, says Foreign M
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Amsterdam [Netherlands], August 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Five staffers of the Dutch Embassy in Lebanon were injured in the dramatic explosion in the port of Beirut, Dutch Foreign Minister Stef Blok said.
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Russia's Emergencies Ministry sends doctors, rescuers to Beirut after dead
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The Russian Ministry of Emergencies told Sputnik it would send on Wednesday five aircraft with a mobile hospital, doctors, rescue workers and public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor staffers to Lebanon, recently hit by a powerful explosion that resulted i
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Lebanon's security service began ammonium nitrate investigation five month
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The Lebanese National Security Service launched an investigation five months ago in connection with the discovery of a large amount of ammonium nitrate in the port of Beirut, Lebanese television channel OTV reported, citing its own security sources.
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German Foreign Office says country will offer assistance to Lebanon follow
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Berlin [Germany], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The German Foreign Office said Germany would offer assistance to Lebanon following the explosion in Beirut.
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PM Modi condoles loss of life in Beirut blast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 5 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed condolences to the families of people who lost their lives in a powerful explosion in Beirut.
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Death toll from Beirut blast rises to 78
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): The death toll from a powerful explosion in the port of Beirut has increased to 78 people, more than 4,000 people were injured, the Al Jazeera television channel reported citing the Lebanese Health Ministry.
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US defence officials contradict Trump regarding claims of 'attack' in Beir
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Atlanta [USA], Aug 5 (ANI): Officials of the US Defence Department have contradicted President Donald Trump, saying that there is no clear indication that the massive explosion in Beirut was an "attack".
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World leaders offer help, support to Lebanon in wake of Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Paris [France], Aug 5 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said France will deploy a civil security detachment and several tonnes of medical equipment to Lebanon, whose capital was hit by an explosion that left over 70 people dead and thousands injured.
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2 Belgian embassy employees suffer injuries in Beirut explosion
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Beirut [Lebanon], Aug 5 (Sputnik/ANI): Two employees of the Belgian Embassy in Lebanon and members of their families have suffered injuries as a result of a massive explosion in Beirut earlier on Tuesday, the Belgian foreign minister Philippe Goffin said.
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'Looks like a terrible attack': US President Trump on Lebanon blast
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [US], Aug 5 (ANI): US President Donald Trump said that the explosion in Lebanon's capital Beirut on Tuesday, which left at least 73 people dead and thousands injured looks like a "terrible attack."
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