Clashes flare in Lebanon as crisis worsens
By Agencies in Beirut | China Daily | Updated: 2012-10-23 08:07
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Protesters run away from tear gas during clashes with police outside the Lebanese government offices in Beirut on Sunday. Violence erupted in downtown Beirut on Sunday as protesters tried to storm the offices of Prime Minister Najib Mikati after the funeral of an assassinated intelligence chief, whose death they blame on Syria. Hussam Shebaro / Reuters |
Lebanese troops and gunmen exchanged fire in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday, wounding five people, deepening a political crisis following the assassination of a senior intelligence official, security and medical sources said.
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