In Lebanon, Hizbullah's rise provokes Shiite dissent
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They worry that its quest to topple the Western-backed government will hurt their long-term interests.
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Tens of thousands of Hizbollah   supporters gathered in the group's Beirut stronghold on Friday,   obeying a call by Hizbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah for   a mass rally to mark the "divine victory" over Israel.
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Hizbollah supporters from across Lebanon   gather in the Shi'ite Muslim guerrilla group's Beirut   stronghold on Friday for a "divine victory" rally over Israel   declared by its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
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Attacks on Pakistan's Shiites echo rising sectarian strife in the Mideast.
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Iraq's Shiite prime minister, struggling to prevent sectarian violence from sending Iraq into full-fledged civil war, is facing strong criticism from top Shiite and Sunni Arab leaders alike as he prepares for a summit with President Bush next week.
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In LebanonÂs worst political crisis since the end of a 15-year civil war in 1990, hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters today poured into the center of Beirut, where they demanded an end to Fouad SinioraÂs Western-backed government.
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BEIRUT -- Hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah members and their allies flooded central Beirut yesterday, demanding changes in the government's makeup as soldiers strung more barbed wire around the offices of the Western-backed prime minister.
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Shiite Muslims are leading an 'axis of resistance' that unnerves Sunnis and challenges the US and Israel. Part 1 of two
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Hundreds of people protested British Prime Minister Tony Blair's arrival in Beirut on Monday, angry over his perceived backing of Israel's bombardment of Lebanon.
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QATIF, Saudi Arabia -- Like many Saudi Shi'ites, Abdullah Abdul-Hussein is worried that if the government does not end anti-Shi'ite tirades by influential Sunni clerics, the sectarian conflict ravaging Iraq and threatening Lebanon could spread to his country.
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The first cracks in Israeli support for the war in Lebanon emerged Thursday, with leading intellectuals and mainstream politicians criticizing the government's decision to send more soldiers into Hezbollah territory.
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Thousands of Lebanese have been pouring into Beirut for a Hezbollah-led protest aimed at toppling the Western-backed government, which has vowed it will not buckle under the pressure.
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LebanonÂs seeming slide toward civil conflict is a flashpoint for tensions in the Middle East.
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A Lebanese Sunni preacher led thousands of anti-government Shi'ite protesters in prayers on Friday, in a show of Muslim unity designed to dispel fears of sectarian strife.
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BEIRUT -- The militant demand that a French ban on Islamic head scarves be overturned has fueled a backlash among religious and political leaders in the Middle East, who have often been silent about hostage slayings and other terrorism.
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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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Thousands of Hezbollah supporters set up camp in the heart of Beirut on Saturday, starting an open-ended sit-in with a carnival atmosphere intended to pressure the U.S.-backed government of Fuad Saniora into ...Comment