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Jihad Michlawi, 31, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in the northern Beirut suburb of Burj Hammoud, Lebanon, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. Michlawi is one of dozens of survivors from a migrant boat that left Tripoli, Lebanon heading towards Italy carrying over 100 Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians, that capsized near the Syrian coastal city of Tartus. At least 94 people were killed. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

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'Don't leave me': Survivor recounts Lebanon boat sinking
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press
Tue,09/27/22-11:26AM , 162 Reads
BOURJ HAMMOUD, Lebanon (AP) — Jihad Michlawi struggled to make ends meet as a chef in crisis-hit Beirut. The Palestinian had never considered taking a perilous journey across the Mediterranean Sea to Europe until friends who did so persuaded him to try.
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This image released by NBC shows host Terry Crews, left in suit, with members of the female Lebanese dance troupe Mayyas after winning "America's Got Talent," Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2022. (Trae Patton/NBC via AP)

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Lebanese cheer as their dancers win America's Got Talent
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press
Thu,09/15/22-7:32AM , 67 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — The news of a Lebanese dance group winning the TV competition show America’s Got Talent brought a rare moment of joy on Thursday to many in this crisis-hit Mideast country.
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This image from a video, shows smoke and dust rising from collapsing silos damaged during the August 2020 massive explosion in the port, in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022. The ruins of the Beirut Port silos' northern block that withstood a devastating port explosion two years ago has collapsed. The smoldering structure fell over on Tuesday morning into a cloud of dust, leaving the southern block standing next to a pile of charred ruins. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo)

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Large section of smoldering Beirut port silos collapses
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB - Associated Press
Tue,08/23/22-1:53AM , 68 Reads
BEIRUT (AP) — Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another painful reminder of the horrific August 2020 explosion.
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