Powerful bombing rocks Beirut
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Fire fighting and army personnel inspect the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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A view of a crater that was caused by an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Fires burn and smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut downtown area
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Forensic inspectors examine the site of the explosion in downtown Beirut
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People run to help a wounded man as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Civil Defence personnel extinguish fires on cars at the site of an explosion in Beirut downtown area
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A security personnel fires his pistol as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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People run to help a wounded man as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Lebanese army soldier gestures as he runs near the site of the explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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People run to help a wounded man as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Lebanese Red Cross personnel cover a body near a destroyed car believed to be the vehicle in which former finance minister Mohammed Shattah was travelling in, in Beirut
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People run to help a wounded man as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Lebanese army personnel run at the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Fire fighting and army personnel inspect the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Fires burn and smoke rises from the site of explosion in Beirut downtown area
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Civil Defence personnel extinguish fires on cars at the site of an explosion in Beirut downtown area
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A security personnel shouts as smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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A view of a crater that was caused by an explosion in Beirut's downtown area
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Lebanese Red Cross personnel cover a body near a destroyed car believed to be the vehicle in which former finance minister Mohammed Shattah was travelling in, in Beirut
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Red Cross personnel stand next to a covered body believed to be that of Mohammed Shattah after an explosion in Beirut
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Lebanese police detain a suspect at the site of an explosion in downtown Beirut
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A general view of the site of an explosion in downtown Beirut
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Forensic inspectors examine the site of the explosion in downtown Beirut
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Civilians, soldiers and policemen gather at the site of an explosion in downtown Beirut
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A powerful car bomb tore through a business district in the centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut on Friday, Dec. 27. (The Canadian Press)