Beirut

Finnish Cecilia says she was injured in the Beirut explosion – had to give herself first aid: “A piece is missing from my forehead”

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© AP Photo / Hussein Malla The explosion in Lebanon Finnish UN employee Cecilia Pellosniemi says on Facebook that she was injured in the Beirut explosion in Lebanon. Pellosniemi says Yle News had been at home in the shower at the time of the accident just a few hundred meters from the blast site. He … Read more

Fertilizer exploding in Beirut had been in port for 6 years – Russian businessman abandons cargo ship and crew after bankruptcy

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© AP Photo / Hussein Malla The explosion in Beirut The background to the massive explosion that claimed at least 100 lives is beginning to emerge. The 2,750-ton ammonium nitrate mountain that caused the explosion in Beirut on Tuesday came from a ship owned by a Russian businessman, a Russian Mediazonablog writes. The Lebanese LBCI … Read more

The explosion in Beirut will further increase political tensions in Lebanon

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© AFP / Magazine image The Finnish professor estimates that the partial destruction of an important import port will increase tensions in Beirut. LEHTIKUvA / AFP The big explosion in Beirut is likely to further increase the deep political tensions in Lebanon, says Professor Hannu Juusola from the University of Helsinki. Even though it is … Read more

Would a chemical explosion causing the destruction of Beirut be possible in Finland? According to the expert, the handling of ammonium nitrate is subject to strict regulations

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© REUTERS / Aziz Taher A view shows damages at the site of Tuesday’s blast in Beirut’s port area, Lebanon on August 5, 2020. In Finland, the substance is used as a fertilizer and as part of the manufacture of explosives, and strict regulations have been set for its storage. In Finland, the storage of … Read more

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reached 18 Finns after the Beirut explosions – one Finn has been slightly injured

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© AFP / Magazine image A huge explosion in the port area took place in Beirut on Tuesday night, lifting a huge cloud of smoke into the city sky and causing a wave of pressure to destroy buildings. LEAF PICTURE / AFP / STR One Finn reached by the Foreign Ministry from Lebanon has been … Read more

U.S. generals say bombing in Beirut caused by bomb – defense officials disagree

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© AFP / Magazine image The Lebanese Ministry of Health told news agency AFP just before the turn of the day on Wednesday that at least 73 people had been killed and more than 3,700 injured in Tuesday’s explosion in Beirut. NEWSPAPER / AFP Anwar Amro According to U.S. President Donald Trump, U.S. generals have … Read more