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BEIRUT Near the wreckage of Beiruts port a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion rising coronavirus infections and the worst economic crisis since Lebanons 19751990 civil war PositiveBEIRUT Near the wreckage of Beiruts port a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion rising coronavirus infections and the worst economic crisis since Lebanons 19751990 civil war http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-christmas-season-lebanon/glimmer-of-hope-beirut-seeks-christmas-cheer-after-devastating-year-idUSKBN28W17H2020-12-23
BEIRUT A fire that erupted in a landmark building in central Beiruts commercial district on Tuesday has been extinguished civil defence official George Abou Moussa told Reuters PositiveBEIRUT A fire that erupted in a landmark building in central Beiruts commercial district on Tuesday has been extinguished civil defence official George Abou Moussa told Reuters http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-beirut-fire-extinguish/fire-in-beirut-commercial-district-put-out-civil-defence-says-idUSKBN2660S82020-09-15
BEIRUT A fire erupted in a landmark building in central Beiruts commercial district on Tuesday before being put out a civil defence official and Reuters witness said PositiveBEIRUT A fire erupted in a landmark building in central Beiruts commercial district on Tuesday before being put out a civil defence official and Reuters witness said http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-building-fire/fire-erupts-in-central-beirut-commercial-district-lebanese-media-says-idUSKBN2660QW2020-09-15
BEIRUT A pall of smoke could be seen rising above Beiruts port overnight on Saturday just two days after a large fire erupted and engulfed large parts of the Lebanese capital in a cloud of smoke and ash NegativeBEIRUT A pall of smoke could be seen rising above Beiruts port overnight on Saturday just two days after a large fire erupted and engulfed large parts of the Lebanese capital in a cloud of smoke and ash http://www.reuters.com/places/brazil/article/us-lebanon-crisis-fire/smoke-from-beirut-port-remnants-of-thursday-fire-no-danger-to-city-source-idUSKBN26311T2020-09-13
Beiruts port is used by aid agencies to supply refugees in Lebanon and people in need in neighbouring Syria PositiveBEIRUT A large fire erupted at Beirut port on Thursday engulfing parts of the Lebanese capital in a pall of smoke weeks after a massive blast devastated the port and ruined a swathe of the city http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-fire/huge-blaze-at-beirut-port-alarms-residents-a-month-after-massive-blast-idUSKBN2611PH2020-09-11
BEIRUT Lebanon marked its centenary this week and one man dominated broadcasts from planting a cedar tree the Middle East states national emblem to visiting Beiruts devastated port NeutralBEIRUT Lebanon marked its centenary this week and one man dominated broadcasts from planting a cedar tree the Middle East states national emblem to visiting Beiruts devastated port http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-france/who-took-centre-stage-on-lebanons-centenary-a-french-man-idUSKBN25T2WE2020-09-03
Beiruts nightlife has long attracted investor money and performers from abroad spawning images of extravagant soirees in ranking lists around the world PositiveBEIRUT A cosy Beirut bar Tenno once hosted a dogs birthday party vinyl record nights and standup comedians http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-nightlife/nightlife-in-ruins-beirut-blast-pummels-key-industry-idUSKBN25L1W72020-08-26
Fireworks were briefly heard in Beiruts Shiite southern suburbs where Hezbollah holds sway NeutralBEIRUT The son of Lebanons slain former premier Rafik alHariri vowed he would not rest until the killers are punished after a U.N.backed court on Tuesday convicted a member of the Iranbacked Hezbollah group of involvement in the 2005 assassination http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri-son/for-some-lebanese-u-n-tribunals-hariri-ruling-is-not-enough-idUSKCN25E2192020-08-19
I can say that in this blast 20 years of my professional life was on the said Husseini 60 who has worked on historic landmarks including many of Beiruts churches NeutralBEIRUT Two decades of Maya Husseinis work to restore stained glass windows destroyed in the Lebanese civil war was lost in an instant in the seismic port explosion in Beirut http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-art/a-lifes-work-shattered-stained-glass-artist-counts-cost-of-beirut-blast-idUSKCN25C0LO2020-08-17
BEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling political after the vast explosion in Beiruts port threw the nation into turmoil NegativeBEIRUT Lebanons top Christian cleric called on Sunday for early parliamentary elections and a government formed to rescue the country rather than the ruling political after the vast explosion in Beiruts port threw the nation into turmoil http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/lebanon-faces-biggest-danger-needs-elections-says-patriarch-idUSKCN25C0D52020-08-17
CAIRO Egypt has started disposing of abandoned and dangerous materials at ports after the massive explosion in Beiruts port this month the finance minister said on Sunday PositiveCAIRO Egypt has started disposing of abandoned and dangerous materials at ports after the massive explosion in Beiruts port this month the finance minister said on Sunday http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-egypt/egypt-disposing-of-dangerous-materials-at-ports-minister-says-idUSKCN25C0RS2020-08-17
BEIRUT Beiruts seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country that has endured so many wars invasions occupations air strikes car bombs and assassinations NegativeBEIRUT Beiruts seismic explosion propelled the scarred Lebanese capital 30 years back in time with a violence scarcely imaginable even to a country that has endured so many wars invasions occupations air strikes car bombs and assassinations http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-bc-lebanon-security-blast-prospects-i/state-of-collapse-can-lebanons-troubled-leadership-save-the-country-idUSKCN25A2GG2020-08-15
BEIRUT Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beiruts port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources NegativeBEIRUT Lebanese security officials warned the prime minister and president last month that 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored in Beiruts port posed a security risk and could destroy the capital if it exploded according to documents seen by Reuters and senior security sources http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-documents-excl/exclusive-lebanons-leaders-warned-in-july-about-explosives-at-port-documents-idUSKCN2562L72020-08-11
4 Ghassan Hasrouty an employee of Beiruts giant grain silos for 38 years thought he was working in the safest place in the city NeutralBEIRUT Before he went missing on Aug http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-blast-missing/they-are-not-just-numbers-missing-beirut-silo-workers-family-clings-to-hope-idUSKCN2550TX2020-08-10
AMSTERDAM The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday said it would postpone its verdict in the trial over the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri to August 18 following the huge explosion in Beiruts port on Tuesday NegativeAMSTERDAM The Special Tribunal for Lebanon on Wednesday said it would postpone its verdict in the trial over the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik alHariri to August 18 following the huge explosion in Beiruts port on Tuesday http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-tribunal-hariri/lebanon-tribunal-postpones-verdict-in-hariri-case-to-august-18-idUSKCN2512IC2020-08-06
Beiruts Clemenceau Medical Center was like a slaughterhouse blood covering the corridors and the said Sara one of its nurses PositiveBEIRUT Lebanese rescue teams pulled out bodies and hunted for missing people on Wednesday from the wreckage caused by a massive warehouse explosion that sent a devastating blast wave across Beirut killing at least 135 http://www.reuters.com/places/mexico/article/us-lebanon-security-blast/beirut-reels-from-huge-blast-as-death-toll-climbs-to-at-least-135-idUSKCN25107B2020-08-06
CAIRO Lebanons economy minister Raoul Nehme told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beiruts port granaries can not be used and that the ministry lost track of seven employees in the granaries NegativeCAIRO Lebanons economy minister Raoul Nehme told local media on Tuesday that the wheat in Beiruts port granaries can not be used and that the ministry lost track of seven employees in the granaries http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-security-wheat/wheat-in-beiruts-port-granaries-not-usable-lebanon-will-import-wheat-economy-minister-idUSKCN2502VT2020-08-05
Beiruts airport land border crossings with Syria and sea ports would be kept open as well as medical institutions industrial and agricultural firms and critical government functions PositiveBEIRUT Lebanon reimposed severe COVID19 restrictions on Monday for the next two weeks shutting places of worship cinemas bars nightclubs sports events and popular markets after a sharp rise in infections http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-reimposes-covid-19-restrictions-as-infections-spike-idUSKCN24S2FV2020-07-28
BEIRUT Zawqan Abdelkhalek a nurse at the American University of Beiruts medical centre since 2012 was laid off on Friday along with hundreds of colleagues as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanons economic collapse NegativeBEIRUT Zawqan Abdelkhalek a nurse at the American University of Beiruts medical centre since 2012 was laid off on Friday along with hundreds of colleagues as even hospitals buckle under the weight of Lebanons economic collapse http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-aub/major-beirut-medical-centre-lays-off-hundreds-as-crisis-bites-idUSKCN24I2GW2020-07-18
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah leader of the Iranbacked Hezbollah said a calm was underway with the Beirut government over the idea that would ease the pressure on Beiruts hard currency reserves PositiveBEIRUT The powerful Hezbollah group said on Tuesday it is in talks with the Lebanese government about the possibility of Iran supplying the country with refined oil products in exchange for Lebanese pounds http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis/lebanons-hezbollah-talks-to-government-about-iran-fuel-idea-idUSKBN2482VR2020-07-08
Foreign donors see it as a test of Beiruts will to enact longdelayed reforms that may in turn help unlock their aid PositiveThe default has caused a significant financability problem for infrastructure projects in Lebanon http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-lebanon-crisis-electricity/lebanon-seeks-foreign-government-backed-financing-for-power-plants-after-default-idUSKBN22W2TS2020-05-21
BEIRUT Beiruts usually congested streets were largely free of cars and pedestrians stayed away from its seafront Corniche as government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus took effect with varying degrees of success on Monday NegativeBEIRUT Beiruts usually congested streets were largely free of cars and pedestrians stayed away from its seafront Corniche as government measures to curb the spread of coronavirus took effect with varying degrees of success on Monday http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-lebanon/lebanon-already-grappling-with-economic-crisis-now-faces-coronavirus-shutdown-idUSKBN21321J2020-03-17
RIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades NegativeRIYADH Gulf Arab states have long channeled funds into Lebanons fragile economy but its rich neighbors alarmed by the rising influence of their archrival Irans ally Hezbollah now appear loath to help ease Beiruts worst financial crisis in decades http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-easthttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-lebanon-crisis-gulf/wary-of-iran-gulf-arab-states-seen-shrugging-off-new-lebanese-government-idUSKBN1ZQ27G2020-01-28
On Tuesday night riots broke out in Beiruts Hamra area with bank facades smashed and stones pelted at security forces who fired back with tear gas NegativeBEIRUT Protests in Lebanon turned violent for a second night on Wednesday with dozens injured after Lebanese security forces used batons and tear gas to forcefully break up demonstrations http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-lebanon-protests/lebanon-protests-turn-violent-for-second-night-idUSKBN1ZE2WP2020-01-16





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Lebanon was beginning to recover when a fire triggered the detonation of 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored unsafely at Beiruts port. NegativeMr Hariri said he would form a cabinet of experts who will have to deal with the countrys deep economic crisis. http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-546301502020-10-23
It was followed by the coronavirus pandemic and then this summer the devastating blast at Beiruts port which exposed the corrupt and incompetent core of the Lebanese state. NegativeMusic blasted round the square glowsticks lit up the night sky and a sea of demonstrators chanted Thawra thawra thawra which means revolution in Arabic http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-545542782020-10-17
Mahmud and his brotherinlaw Fawaz are salvaging what they can from what used to be their fathers home a modest flat tucked away behind one of Beiruts seafront tower blocks NeutralTheres not a lot to pick up http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-538645012020-08-23
But with Beiruts hospitals overwhelmed the family must look after themselves NegativeTheres not a lot to pick up http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-538645012020-08-23
More than 220 people were also injured when a van filled with explosives blew up as Mr Hariris convoy passed along Beiruts seafront corniche. NegativeThe longawaited verdict is due in the trial of four men allegedly involved in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a 2005 bombing. http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-536017102020-08-18
The country is still reeling from the catastrophic blast at Beiruts port on 4 August which killed at least 180 people and injured more than 6000 others. NegativeThe longawaited verdict is due in the trial of four men allegedly involved in the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri and 21 others in a 2005 bombing. http://www.bbc.com//news/world-middle-east-536017102020-08-18










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