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Lebanon prosecutor pauses port probe amid legal challenges

by Sarah EL Deeb
| December 17, 2020 7:12 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s prosecutor investigating last summer’s horrific explosion at the Beirut port has paused the probe for 10 days, following legal challenges to his authority by the same senior officials he accused of negligence that led to the blast, the country's official news agency said Thursday.

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