Beirut protests keep pressure on
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Protests continue in Beirut to try to bring down the government as Arab nations renew efforts to mediate.
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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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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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France and Germany have turned up the pressure on Syria, telling Damascus to stop destabilising Lebanon as mass protests against Prime Minister Fuad Siniora entered a fifth day.
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BEIRUT -- In a dramatic day of dueling statements, Hezbollah's leader called on his supporters and allied forces to pour into Beirut today to bring down the US-backed government, a move Prime Minister Fuad Saniora compared to a coup attempt. He insisted that the government would fall only through a vote of parliament, not a show of force in the ...
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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 Arab League's secretary-general flies into Beirut this week in an effort to end the country's presidential stalemate.
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The Lebanese Army, which many credit with holding together the fragile nation, is under siege after firing on a protest last month.
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Even before the killing of a key Christian politician, Beirut was primed for trouble. Now, it may be hard to avoid confrontation
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Tears and anger at funeral on fifth day of Beirut protest 05-12-2006 / 19:59 A sea of angry mourners converged on southern Beirut for the funeral of a young Shiite murdered amid mass rallies aimed at toppling ...Comment
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Lebanon's PM Fouad Siniora says his government will not be brought down by protests planned by pro-Syrian groups.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 2 -- Hezbollah and its allies escalated Lebanon's month-long political crisis into a popular confrontation Friday and Saturday, sending hundreds of thousands of supporters into the streets, parking lots and sidewalks of downtown Beirut, vowing to topple the government of Prime Minister...
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Lebanon's Prime Minister Fuad Saniora waves to hundreds of supporters at his heavily fortified office complex where he has been holed up since the opposition launched street protests on Dec.Comment
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BEIRUT, Dec. 7 -- Hezbollah's leader, Hasan Nasrallah, vowed Thursday to keep protesters in downtown Beirut until a new Lebanese government is installed, but insisted that his group and its allies would not provoke another civil war in Lebanon.
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INNER Beirut was swamped by soldiers and riot police at the weekend as the Lebanese parliament convened to extend the term of President Emile Lahoud, reappointing the Syrian-backed former soldier for three more years.
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A defiant Prime Minister Fouad Siniora said he would not stand down after Pro-Syrian Hezbollah and its allies called for a mass protest in Beirut on Friday to try to force out the government
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The Hezbollah militant group and its allies called for mass protests in Beirut Friday in an effort to bring down Lebanon's Western-backed government.