What do the deadly clashes in Beirut mean for the port explosion investigation?

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Last week, a rally against Tarek Bitar, the Lebanese judge in charge of investigating the Beirut port blast, turned parts of the capital into a war zone. Clashes left at least seven people dead. Now the question is this: How can the investigation move forward? The World’s Shirin Jaafari reports.     

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