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Part of Beirut’s port silos collapses on second anniversary
Part of the grain silos in the port of Beirut lies on the ground, minutes after it collapsed due to an ongoing fire since the beginning of last month, on August 4, 2022, on the day that crisis-hit Lebanon marks two years since a giant explosion ripped through the capital. - Several more grain silos damaged by the 2020 Beirut port explosion collapsed today, as hundreds marched toward them to mark the second anniversary of the disaster. (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP) (Photo by IBRAHIM AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)
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Part of Beirut port silos collapses after fire, damage from 2020 blast
Part of Beirut's massive grain silos, shredded in the 2020 port blast, collapses after a weekslong fire in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, July 31, 2022. The northern block of the silos toppled in a huge cloud of dust on Sunday after what sounded like an explosion. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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International conference on Lebanon raises more than US$357 million
France's President Emmanuel Macron gestures as he attends the Lebanon donors' conference, gathering online representatives of international institutions and heads of state, one year after Beirut port blast, at the Fort de Bregancon, in Bormes-Les-Mimosas, Var, France August 4, 2021. Lebanon marks a year since a cataclysmic explosion ravaged Beirut, with a mix of grief over lost lives and rage at the impunity for its worst peacetime disaster at a time when its economy was already in tatters. Christophe Simon/Pool via REUTERS
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Lebanon marks one year since port blast that killed at least 214 people
Banners hang on buildings that were damaged during last year's seaport explosion during a commemoration in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. Lebanon is marking one year since the horrific explosion at Beirut port. The grim anniversary Wednesday comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial meltdown and a political stalemate that has kept the country without a functioning government for a full year. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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German consortium proposes massive Beirut rebuilding plan
Governor of Beirut Marwan Abboud, right, listens to Hermann Schnell, Managing Director at Colliers Germany and Head of Architecture and Workplace Consulting, second right, who is speaking during a press conference as he sits next of Lars Greiner, Associate Partner responsible for Middle East and Africa HPC, Hamburg Port consulting, center, and Suheil Mahayni, managing Director of Hamburg Port Consulting, left, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 9, 2021. Representatives of several private German companies on a visit Friday to Lebanon outlined an elaborate, multi-billion dollar study to rebuild the port of Beirut and surrounding neighborhoods destroyed by a massive explosion last year and nearby city neighborhoods. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Protesters block major roads leading to Beirut as anger rises over political, economic crisis
An anti-government demonstrator gestures as she stands by the smoke of burning tires at a makeshift roadblock in Zouk Mosbeh, north of Beirut, Lebanon, on March 8, 2021.
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Lebanese court removes chief prosecutor investigating deadly Beirut port explosion
Rescuers use excavators to clear rubble at the site of damaged grain silos in Beirut, on Aug. 12, 2020.
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Former Lebanese army chief testifies in Beirut port explosion probe
The aftermath of a massive explosion in the port of Beirut, on Aug. 7, 2020.
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Prosecutor investigating deadly Beirut port explosion summons former army chief for questioning
Rescuers use excavators to clear the rubble at the site of damaged grain silos in Beirut following a huge explosion, on Aug. 12, 2020.
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Lebanon’s PM refuses to meet with judge for further questioning over Beirut explosion, sources say
The aftermath of a massive explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 4, 2020.
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Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM Hassan Diab, three other ministers in August port explosion
The site of the August 4 explosion at Beirut port, Lebanon, as seen on Dec. 9, 2020.
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France’s Macron says fund will be set up to ensure aid is sent directly to Lebanese people
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a video-conference meeting about support and aid for Lebanon, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on Dec. 2, 2020.
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Judge files charges against current and former customs officials over Beirut port blast
-- AFP PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2020 -- A helicopter puts out a fire at the scene of an explosion at the port of Lebanon's capital Beirut on August 4, 2020. (Photo by STR / AFP) (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)
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Human rights group says Lebanon-led probe into deadly Beirut explosion was flawed
Rescuers use excavators to clear the rubble at the site of damaged grain silos after a huge explosion in Beirut, Lebanon, on Aug. 12, 2020.
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Saad Hariri back as PM for fourth time in crisis-hit Lebanon
Former Lebanese prime minister Saad Hariri delivers a statement after the president named him to form a new cabinet, at the presidential palace in Baabda, on Oct. 22, 2020.
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Drastic spike in COVID-19 cases pushes Lebanon’s hospitals to the edge
A nurse wearing protective gear is seen at an intensive care unit preserved for patients suffering from COVID-19, at Rafik Hariri University Hospital, in Beirut, on Oct. 1, 2020.
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Pitching in: Halifax high-school student partners with Red Cross to raise money for Beirut
PITCHING- Grade 12 Halifax student Jaden Lawen raised $100,000 for the Red Cross to go towards the relief efforts in Beruit. (Paul Darrow for the Globe and Mail)
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EU expresses ‘disappointment and concern’ about resignation of Lebanon’s PM-designate
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib speaks at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon, on Sept. 26, 2020.
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France’s Macron says he’s ‘ashamed’ of Lebanon’s political leaders amid economic crisis
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference in Paris, on Sept. 27, 2020.
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‘Multiple dangers’: Lebanon’s top Christian cleric warns of crisis without a government
Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai speaks at the presidential palace, in Baabda, Lebanon, on July 15, 2020.
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Powerful explosion rocks Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon
People and members of the Lebanese army gather near the site of an explosion in the village of Ain Qana, in southern Lebanon, on Sept. 22, 2020.
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Lebanese President Michel Aoun warns of ‘hell’ if new government not formed soon
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on Sept. 21, 2020, shows President Michel Aoun talking to the press at the presidential palace, in Baabda.
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Lebanese politicians miss 15-day deadline to form crisis Cabinet
A protester waves a Lebanese flag as as soldiers attempt to disperse an anti-government march near the Presidential Palace, in Beirut, on Sept. 12, 2020.
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‘It’s unbelievable’: Residents on edge as another fire breaks out in Beirut
Crews extinguish a fire at a building under construction in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sept. 15, 2020.
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Factional rivalries hinder formation of new Lebanese cabinet on eve of deadline
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on Sept. 14, 2020, shows Lebanon's President Michel Aoun, left, meeting with prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon.
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Crews extinguish large fire at Beirut port
Smoke rises at the site of a fire that broke out at Beirut's port, on Sept. 11, 2020.
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Large fire breaks out at Beirut port one month after deadly explosion
Smoke rises from Beirut's port area, Lebanon September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Alaa Kanaan NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES
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U.S. imposes sanctions on two former Lebanese ministers over alleged ties to Hezbollah
Former Lebanese finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil is seen in a June 19, 2018, file photo.
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Canada waives some immigration fees for Lebanese-Canadians and relatives affected by Beirut explosion
Damaged cars remain at the site of the Aug. 4 deadly blast in the port of Beirut that killed scores and wounded thousands, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. Canada is waiving fees and promising speedy help for Lebanese-Canadians and their close relatives affected by last month's explosions in Beirut if they want to come to Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Hassan Ammar
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Beirut rescue crews detect signs of life under collapsed building a month after deadly explosion
BEIRUT, LEBANON - SEPTEMBER 04: A Lebanese rescue worker uses a digger's bucket to remove heavy debris during a search for a survivor of the Beirut blast on September 4, 2020 in Beirut, Lebanon. A sniffer dog with a Chilean rescue crew responded to the presence of a person in the rubble of a building damaged in the deadly explosion on August 4. The condition of the person is unknown. (Photo by Sam Tarling/Getty Images)
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A month on, signal in Beirut rubble raises hope for survivor
Chilean and Lebanese rescuers search in the rubble of a building that was collapsed in last month's massive explosion, after getting signals there may be a survivor under the rubble, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020. Hopes were raised after the dog of a Chilean search and rescue team touring Gemmayzeh street, one of the hardest-hit in Beirut, ran toward the collapsed building. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Lebanese army finds more explosive chemicals near entrance to Beirut port
Members of the Lebanese army are seen at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut's port area, on Aug. 31, 2020.