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Lebanese Communists call for a new politics as country marks one week since the Beirut blast
People march in honor of the victims of the last week's explosion that killed over 150 people and devastated the city, near the blast site in Beirut, Lebanon
LEBANESE citizens held a minute’s silence at 6.08pm today to mark a week since the devastating explosion that flattened much of Beirut.
The country’s entire government resigned on Monday night amid huge protests after documents came to light showing that top officials were aware of the enormous stockpile of ammonium nitrate being stored unsafely in a warehouse near residential areas but had not acted.
A probe into the disaster has been referred to the Supreme Judicial Council but commands little public credibility.
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