Lebanese crowds defy Syria
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Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
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BEIRUT -- The radical Shi'ite Muslim group Hezbollah and its allies escalated Lebanon's month-long political crisis into a popular confrontation yesterday, sending hundreds of thousands of its supporters into the streets of downtown Beirut.
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Lebanon's cabinet defies pro-Syrian groups to hold a meeting due to approve a tribunal into ex-PM Hariri's murder.
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Thousands of Lebanese marched through the streets of the capital as they buried former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in a raucous display of the depth of their anger and unity against those they blame for his assassination, the governments of Lebanon and Syria.
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Tens of thousands of Lebanese choked downtown Beirut to pay tribute to assassinated Christian leader Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral into a show of defiance against Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
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Dozens of Syrian military vehicles carrying hundreds of troops crossed back into Syria from Lebanon Thursday as part of a redeployment plan.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon-- Lebanese helicopters and tanks pounded suspected positions of Al Qaeda-inspired militants to dislodge them from their hide - outs at a Palestinian refugee camp yesterday, but the group vowed it would not surrender.
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After overnight riots, thousands of people in Lebanon staged a protest following the death in custody of a suspected Al-Qaeda activist arrested for alleged bomb plots against Western embassies.
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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters packed Beirut's bombed-out suburbs for a rally Friday intended to showcase the group's insistence that it won't disarm.
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As Pierre Gemayel is laid to rest and pro- and anti-Syrian factions square off for a confrontation, the modern Lebanese state appears to be on life-support
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Crowds of people snaked through the streets of Pierre Gemayel's Christian hometown to mourn the Lebanese industry minister suspected by his supporters of being assassinated by those intent on weakening Lebanon's anti-Syrian government.
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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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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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Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese gathered in central Beirut on Wednesday to remember Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the former premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.
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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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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters gathered in Beirut Friday in what organizers were calling a "victory rally" following the 34-day Israeli-Hezbollah battle that ended last month.
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Thousands lined the streets of Beirut Friday to honor Antoine Ghanem, the anti-Syrian Lebanese MP and Christian Maronite killed in a powerful bomb blast along with four others.