Israel Strikes Building in Central Beirut
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The attack came as Israel’s military has been pounding an area just outside
the Lebanese capital with some of the heaviest waves of bombardment in
months.
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The accident occurred at 11:45 a.m. (0945 GMT, 5:45 a.m. EDT) in a plant that treats nuclear waste operated by a subsidiary of France's EDF electricity company, the report said.
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George Jahn reported from Vienna.