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Lebanese blast investigator charges former PM, top public prosecutor

Lebanese blast investigator charges former PM, top public prosecutor

TIMOUR AZHARI and LAILA BASSAM THE judge probing the 2020 Beirut blast has charged Lebanon's top public prosecutor, the then-premier and other senior current and former officials in connection with the devastating explosion, judicial sources said and court summons show. Judge Tarek Bitar unexpectedly resumed an inquiry on Monday after it was paralysed for more than a year by political resistance and legal complaints filed by top officials he was seeking to question. The explosion on August 4, 2020 was caused by hundreds of tonnes of ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port in poor conditions since it was unloaded…
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Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

Sudan’s public prosecutor resigns

SUDAN’S Sovereign Council accepted the resignation of the public prosecutor and relieved the head of the judiciary from her position, according to a council statement. No reason for the decision was given, though the statement noted that Public Prosecutor Tajalsir al-Hibir had repeatedly asked to step down. The council made the announcement less than a week after two protesters were killed at demonstrations marking the anniversary of a deadly raid on a protest site during the 2019 uprising that toppled former president Omar al-Bashir. Reaction to last week's killings is seen as a test of the fragile relationship between civilian…
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Egypt’s Sunday train accident killed 23, says public prosecutor

Egypt’s Sunday train accident killed 23, says public prosecutor

EGYPT's public prosecutor office has revealed that a train derailing north of Cairo on Sunday had left 23 people dead and 139 injured. The train was heading from Cairo to the Nile Delta city of Mansoura when four carriages derailed at 1:54 p.m. (1154 GMT), about 40 kms (25 miles) north of the capital, Egyptian National Railways said. Authorities had initially said that 11 people were killed and 98 injured. The public prosecutor on Tuesday ordered the detention of 23 people, including the train driver and other railway workers and officials, the statement said. The cause of the accident is…
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