Eight shot dead in Beirut opposition protests
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Eight Lebanese opposition supporters were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst street violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by political conflict.
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BEIRUT, Jan. 27 -- Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday in Beirut's worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, hospital and security officials said.
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Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese poured into central Beirut on Friday for a Hezbollah-led protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government, which has vowed it will not yield to the pressure.
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Throngs of Lebanese came out for two opposing gatherings: Hizballah backers for the funeral of a slain militant suspected in hundreds of American deaths, and their pro-Western opponents to mark the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister
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Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday in Beirut's worst riots in a year, leaving seven people dead, hospital and security officials said.
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Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds at a time when tensions throughout Lebanon threaten the country's fragile sectarian and political balance.
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Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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World leaders reacted swiftly this afternoon to condemn the assassination of the Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, a critic of Syria who was shot in his car on the outskirts of Beirut: Saad Hariri , ...Comment
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Four Lebanese opposition supporters were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday during protests against power cuts, raising tensions in a country gripped by a political crisis.
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BEIRUT -- One of Lebanon's most pronounced political crises in a generation slid into bloodshed yesterday when assailants showered gunfire on a car carrying an anti-Syrian politician and scion of the country's most prominent Christian family, killing him and a bodyguard and pushing Lebanon a step closer to civil strife.
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Seven people were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst internal violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by a political crisis.
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Lebanese opposition leaders on Tuesday  bluntly implicated Syria in the assassination of former Prime  Minister Rafik al-Hariri, with mourners taking out their anger  on Syrian workers in the former prime minister's hometown.
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Lebanon's army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.
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At least eight people died Tuesday in clashes between police and thousands of tribal people demanding government aid, a senior official said.
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Hezbollah, Lebanon's most powerful faction, demanded on Monday to know who was behind shooting that killed six opposition supporters in some of Beirut's worst street violence since the 1975-90 civil war.
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BEIRUT, Lebanon  -- Protesters angry about electricity rationing clashed with Lebanese troops Sunday and seven people were killed, hospital and security officials said.
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Three Lebanese were shot dead and one wounded in Iraq on Friday by a group of gunmen, said an official of the Lebanese Foreign Ministry.