One city, two protests - Beirut's divide
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Events in Beirut expose the divisions of a small state on the faultlines of the Middle East
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The Lebanese army intervenes to break up clashes between rival political factions in Beirut.
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Chicago Tribune - On an August day in 1982, Yasser Arafat faced one of his bleakest moments. His guerrilla fighters defeated, his commanders in despair, Arafat gathered his nationalist forces at a port in the war-torn city of Beirut.
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BEIRUT -- Thousands of supporters of Lebanon's opposition, led by Hezbollah, paralyzed parts of central Beirut yesterday as the defiant prime minister, Fuad Saniora, won fresh international backing.
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Thousands of Lebanese troops and police fanned out in Beirut on Friday before a Hezbollah-led opposition protest aimed at bringing down the Western-backed government.
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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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BEIRUT -- Downtown Beirut was transformed into a river of red and white Lebanese flags yesterday as emotional demonstrators turned the funeral of assassinated anti-Syrian politician Pierre Gemayel into a show of support for the beleaguered pro-Western government.
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Two people were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday during protests against power cuts that turned violent after the army moved in to break up the demonstrations by pro-Syrian opposition activists.
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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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Protests continue in Beirut to try to bring down the government as Arab nations renew efforts to mediate.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 23 -- Allies of a slain Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel transformed his funeral into protest, pulpit and show of force Thursday, as tens of thousands surged into downtown Beirut to vent their anger against a Syrian government they blamed for his assassination and to press demands at the heart of a crisis as pronounced as any since the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war....
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PALESTINIANS threw stones at police and attacked a tourist bus in new protests at Israeli building work in Jerusalem.  The trouble came a day after riots at the site known as the Temple Mount to Jews and the Noble Sanctuary to Muslims.  (c) 2007 Sunday Mail; Glasgow (UK).
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Conflicting ideologies and internal divisions came to the forefront across Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 15  - Haitiâs strife-torn capital came to a standstill on Friday in a protest after two weeks of deepening violence that have left about 30 people dead.
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Lebanon's political divide has reached a dangerous deadlock after pro-Western ministers defied their pro-Syrian rivals to take the next step in ratifying an international court into ex-premier Rafiq Hariri's 2005 murder.
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A mass rally is planned for central Beirut to mark two years since the assassination of former PM Rafik Hariri.
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VENICE, Dec 10 (IPS) - It&#39s about the oldest dispute around, which is  good enough reason to hear more on it from those who can  influence a possible resolution. So when Abdelwahab Derbal, head  of the mission in Brussels of the League of Arab States speaks of  his anger over the Palestine issue, these may be words to listen  to, whichever side of the divide (if any) you are on.