Beirut rally piles pressure on U.S.-backed govt
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Hundreds of thousands of chanting protesters swamped Beirut on Sunday in a Hezbollah-led rally that marked a leap forward in the opposition's drive to unseat Lebanon's Western-backed government.
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KENNEBUNKPORT, Maine, June 29 -- President Bush ratcheted up pressure on Syria and its allies in Lebanon on Friday, issuing an order barring from entry into the United States anyone who has worked to undermine the fragile pro-Western government in Beirut.
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Tens of thousands of pro-Syrian protesters pressed on with a sit-in aimed at ousting Lebanon's Western-backed government on Sunday as the country's political crisis showed no sign of easing.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 30 -- In a dramatic day of dueling statements, Hezbollah's leader called on his supporters and allied forces to pour into Beirut on Friday to bring down the U.S.-backed government, a move Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora compared to a coup attempt. He insisted that the government...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has pledged help in rebuilding war-ravaged Lebanon during his first visit to Beirut but was confronted by angry protests over his stance on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.
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Pro-Syrian protesters set up tents in Beirut, after a rally calling on Lebanon's government to stand down.
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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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The United States is pressing, along with France and other UN Security Council members, for a resolution upholding Lebanon&#39;s sovereignty in the face of Syrian pressure to keep a political ally, Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, in office.
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Dozens of protesters rallied Wednesday in front of the U.S. Embassy calling on American authorities to send back to Romania a Marine who was allegedly involved in a car accident that killed a popular rock ...
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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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Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora appeals for help at a donors' meeting to raise money for his country's recovery.
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A sea of flag-waving protesters demanded on Friday the resignation of Lebanon's Western-backed government at a Hezbollah-led rally, but Prime Minister Fouad Siniora appeared unmoved by the pressure.
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Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah members and their allies flooded central Beirut on Sunday demanding changes in the government's makeup as soldiers strung more barbed wire around the offices of the Western-backed premier.
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Hundreds of heavily armed police and combat troops unfurled barbed wire and erected barricades around the Lebanese prime minister's office on Friday, girding for a large protest against the Western-backed leader.
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Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the building of the Lebanese general security at the border with Syria doubting the credibility of the report by the Lebanese authorities on the death of Ismail Muhammad al-Khatib suspected to be a member in al-Qaida
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On Scene: With Hizballah raising the level of its anti-government rhetoric and prime minister Foud Siniora virtually under siege, any chance for compromise in Beirut looks increasingly dim
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Thousands of supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition paralyzed parts of central Beirut on Saturday on the second day of a campaign to topple the U.S.-backed government.