Police and protesters clashed in Lebanon amid fiery demonstrations criticizing the government for the Beirut explosion

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• Large crowds of protesters clashed with police during fiery demonstrations in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday amid mounting fury over the explosion that devastated the city earlier this week. 
• Activists called for action against alleged negligence from officials after the explosion that killed nearly 160 people.
• Officials are investigating the blast that was fueled by thousands of tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored at the city's port for more than six years.
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BEIRUT (AP) — Security forces fired tear gas and clashed with stone-throwing demonstrators Saturday in Beirut, and a group of protesters stormed the foreign ministry amid mounting fury over this week's explosion that devastated much of the city and killed nearly 160 people. Dozens were still missing and nearly 6,000 people injured.

Activists who called for the protest set up symbolic nooses at Beirut's Martyrs' Square to hang politicians whose corruption and negligence they blame for Tuesday's blast.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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• Lebanon was already cash-strapped and on the brink. The Beirut explosion could shatter its residents.
• Lebanon's devastating blast came in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, frequent power outages, and hospitals struggling to contain the coronavirus
• Hospitals in Beirut were so badly damaged by the explosion that many can't admit new patients

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