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Tear gas, clashes in Beirut amid fury over massive blast

by Associated Press
| August 8, 2020 9:03 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas and clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators Saturday in Lebanon's capital amid mounting fury over the massive explosion that devastated much of the city and killed nearly 160 people. Dozens were still missing and around 5,000 people injured.

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