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BBC News
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Gunmen from the Shia militant group Hezbollah have seized most of western Beirut, driving out supporters of the Western-backed government.
The gunmen, who also back Hezbollah's Shia opposition allies, have forced the closure of pro-government media...
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BBC News
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At least six people have been killed in a powerful car bombing in an eastern suburb of the Lebanese capital Beirut.
A senior member of the police intelligence unit and another officer were among the dead, police say.
Lebanese TV footage of Hazmieh,..
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BBC News
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Two transport planes said to be carrying American military aid for the Lebanese army are reported to have arrived at Beirut airport.
The move follows an appeal for such aid by the Lebanese government.
Its forces are battling Islamist militants who h..
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BBC News
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Opposition supporters led by Hezbollah in Lebanon are blocking roads in Beirut on the second day of protests which started as a strike for higher pay.
Activity is limited, with many shops, schools and offices closed. The international airport is also c..
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BBC News
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Explosions and gunfire rang out across the Lebanese capital Beirut as opposition supporters held a one-day general strike calling for higher pay.
Strikers set up barricades of burning tyres on key routes to the port, airport and Beirut's commercial cen..
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MSNBC
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A car bomb exploded in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut on Friday killing at least five people, including a top police official who dealt with terrorist bombings, authorities said.
National police chief, Brig. Gen. Ashraf Rifi, said the bomb was plan..
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CNN
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An explosion in Beirut has killed four people, including Lebanon's top anti-terror investigating officer, sources with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces and a government minister told CNN. The attack in Hazmiyeh, a Christian neighborhood northeast of..
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SF Gate
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A remote-controlled car bomb ripped through a busy street overlooking Beirut on Wednesday, killing a top general and his bodyguard and heightening the sense of instability in a country that has gone without a president for nearly three weeks.
The assas..
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BBC News
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Thousands of Lebanese have turned out for the funeral in Beirut of anti-Syrian MP, Antoine Ghanim, who was assassinated on Wednesday.
The Lebanese government has vowed to press ahead with presidential elections to choose a successor to pro-Syrian Presi..
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CBS News
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Iran must pay $2.65 billion to the families of the 241 U.S. service members killed in the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, a federal judge declared Friday in a ruling that left survivors and families shedding tears of joy.
U.S. Distr..
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Al Jazeera
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Oh Beirut, we want revenge against Lahoud and Bashar," they shouted.
Syria condemned the assassination of Eido, saying it had nothing to do with the killing.
"Syria strongly denounces this crime and condemns the campaign of lies by some Lebanese..
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Al Jazeera
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It is the sixth blast to hit Beirut and the surrounding area in the past four weeks. Two people have been killed in the five previous explosions, all caused by bombs.
Walid Eido is a Sunni Muslim member of the Lebanese Future Movement (Saad al-Hariri'..
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CNN
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A member of the Lebanese parliament was killed in an explosion Wednesday outside a Beirut military sports club in what hospital sources called an assassination.
Lawmaker Walid Eido, known as a foe of Syrian involvement in Lebanon, his son, Khalid, and..
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Spiegel.de
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Much of Lebanon is in mourning a day after gunmen assassinated a government minister on the streets of Beirut. With accusations flying, the country braces for more violence...
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