/tags/beirut Beirut en-US Copyright Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:31:21 GMT /2022-03-01/sites-in-beirut-benghazi-and-brownsville-texas-make-a-most-endangered-list Beirut's historic city center and the traditional territory of the Carrizo Comecrudo Tribe of Texas are among 25 places listed by World Monument Watch as in urgent need of preservation. Tue, 01 Mar 2022 15:31:21 GMT /2022-03-01/sites-in-beirut-benghazi-and-brownsville-texas-make-a-most-endangered-list Neda Ulaby /2020-08-05/beirut-death-toll-rises-after-enormous-explosion In Lebanon's devastated capital, at least 137 people are dead and some 5,000 injured. A question looms over the stockpile of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate believed to have exploded: Why was it there? Wed, 05 Aug 2020 15:33:49 GMT /2020-08-05/beirut-death-toll-rises-after-enormous-explosion Bill Chappell, Ruth Sherlock /2020-08-04/enormous-explosion-rocks-beirut-killing-more-than-100-wounding-thousands The dramatic blast was caught on numerous videos by people who had been filming a fire that was burning at an industrial port in Lebanon's capital. Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:54:41 GMT /2020-08-04/enormous-explosion-rocks-beirut-killing-more-than-100-wounding-thousands Bill Chappell