Deadly Protests in Beirut Leave 7 Dead
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Deadly clashes erupted in Beirut on Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead and escalating Lebanonâs deepest political crisis since the end of its civil war in 1990.
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Former prime minister Rafiq Hariri was killed Monday when a powerful car bomb exploded on Beirut's fashionable waterfront, evoking the political violence that plagued Lebanon during its long civil war.
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The bodies of two more Swiss firefighters were found in the rubble of a parking garage, raising the number killed in the collapse to seven, officials said Sunday.
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Foreign donors pledge $7.6bn to help rebuild Lebanon, as clashes in Beirut leave two people dead, reports say.
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Tens of thousands of Lebanese took to the streets of Beirut to mark the second anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Security forces opened fire yesterday as thousands of angry government loyalists massed outside a French evacuation post for foreigners, reportedly killing seven people and wounding 200 in violence pitting France against its former prize colony.
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Two buses are hit by blasts near the Lebanese capital Beirut, killing nine people, local reports say.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom Hezbollah has called a &quot;killer&quot; over his stance during the Shiite group's war with Israel, is due in Beirut for talks on Monday, and the capital is bracing for protests.
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Brazilian police step up patrols after armed groups clash in  Rio's slums, leaving seven dead over the weekend.
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Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese flooded downtown Beirut on Thursday to mourn a slain Christian politician and vent anger at Syria, gearing up for a potentially explosive fight over power with the Shiite Muslim group Hezbollah and other allies of Damascus.
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Hundreds of thousands of protesters from Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies massed Friday in downtown Beirut seeking to force the resignation of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, who was holed up in his office ringed by hundreds of police and combat troops.
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The funeral is taking place in Lebanon's capital Beirut for an anti-government protester who was killed on Sunday.
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Lebanese soldiers deployed in several mixed Sunni-Shi'ite streets of Beirut on Saturday and ended sectarian riots that left at least 14 people injured and several cars and shops smashed.
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Protests in the western Afghan city of Herat have turned deadly Sunday, as hundreds of demonstrators ransacked and set fires at United Nations offices.
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Â·  Attempted breakout leaves 32 militants deadÂ· Lebanon's worst violent episode since civil war
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Thousands of Lebanese chanting  anti-Syrian slogans flooded into streets around the home of  slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday amid  mounting U.S.-led pressure on Syria to get out of Lebanon.
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Mostaqbal, Nabil Ismail) BEIRUT -- As a stunned nation grieved, dozens of angry mourners attacked Syrian workers in the hometown of former prime minister Rafik Hariri, who was assassinated in a huge bomb blast, ...