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Explosion Rocks Beirut Suburb

<p>Firefighters battle to extinguish fire in Lebanese capital.</p>
Image: Firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut
Firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of an explosion in the Haret Hreik area, in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital Beirut January 21, 2014. The explosion rocked Beirut's southern suburbs on Tuesday, witnesses and local media said, hitting a Hezbollah stronghold that has been the repeated target of car bomb attacks in recent months. Khalil Hassan / Reuters

An explosion rocked Beirut's southern suburb of Haret Hreik on Tuesday, witnesses and local media said, hitting a Hezbollah stronghold that has been the repeated target of car bomb attacks in recent months.

— Reuters