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Aug 2020
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Angry residents in Beirut demand answers...

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Officials in Lebanon have pointed to a possible cause of the deadly blast: A shipment of agricultural fertiliser that was stored in the port of Beirut without safety precautions for years, despite warnings by local officials.

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После разорне експлозије складишта амонијум нитрата у луци у главном граду Либана, све је већи број страдалих. За сада је познато да је погинуло више од 130 људи, као и да има преко 5.000 повређених.

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