The Latest: Germany ready to send SAR experts to Beirut
BEIRUT (AP) ??" The Latest on the explosion in Beirut (all times local):1:25 p. m. Germany says it is ready to send a team of 47 search-and-rescue experts to Beirut after the enormous explosion in the city's port on Tuesday killed at least 100 people and injured thousands. Germany also says its embassy was damaged in the blast but diplomats have reactivated an old building and are able to work. Interior Ministry spokesman Bjoern Gruenewaelder says Germany's THW technical assistance agency will...
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