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Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Canada is ready to assist Lebanon “however we can,†following a huge blast that rocked Beirut on Tuesday, flattening much of the port, damaging buildings across the Lebanese capital and sending a giant mushroom cloud into the sky. At least 70 people were killed and 3,000 injured. But with many bodies buried in the rubble, officials expected the death toll to climb higher.
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