Lebanon government defiant as protesters continue
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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, 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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Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister urged the Hezbollah-led opposition on Wednesday to end street protests and return to the negotiating table, vowing he would not be forced from power.
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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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Lebanese leaders vowed on Thursday to stamp out an Islamist militant group that has been fighting the army at a camp in the north of the country.
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TRIPOLI, Lebanon  - Lebanese Islamists on Thursday sought the surrender of al Qaeda-inspired militants locked in deadly battles with troops at a Palestinian refugee camp but the group said it would not give itself up.
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At least 28 lawmakers said they will not take part in talks on forming new government started by Lebanon&#39;s president on Thursday, a day after the Cabinet of veteran Prime Minister Rafik Hariri resigned.
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BEIRUT, Sept. 4 -- The Lebanese government sought to reassert authority over its air and sea borders Monday in the face of a five-week-old Israeli blockade.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora accused the pro-Syrian Hezbollah party of plotting a coup against him on Friday, escalating the war of words between the Western-backed government and opposition forces.
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Hundreds of thousands of opposition protesters, led by the pro-Syrian group Hezbollah, are expected to stage a rally on Sunday aimed at ousting Lebanon's Western-backed government.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 1 -- The radical Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies escalated Lebanon's month-long political crisis into a popular confrontation Friday, sending hundreds of thousands of supporters into the streets of downtown Beirut and vowing to stay, in smaller numbers, until they topple...
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Fouad Siniora says a civil war is unlikely in Lebanon, but blames the opposition for taking it to the brink.
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Security is tight in Beirut amid fears that anti-government protests led by the Hezbollah militia may turn violent.
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BEIRUT -- Hundreds of Hezbollah supporters from across southern Lebanon began marching toward Beirut yesterday for a rally to showcase the group's insistence that it won't disarm.
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A top Hezbollah official said Sunday that the militant Shiite Muslim group will press ahead with threatened street protests and other peaceful means seeking to topple Lebanon's Western-backed government and will stage its actions without warning.
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Thousands of 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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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told supporters Friday that his guerrillas will not surrender their weapons until a stronger Lebanese government is in place _ including 20,000 rockets his group claims to still have after its 34-day war with Israel.