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Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Shiite opposition gunmen seized control of several Beirut neighborhoods from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday, in street battles that left 11 dead, security officials said.
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Eye On The World (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Saniora to resign tonight . BEIRUT, Lebanon ( AP ) — Shiite Hezbollah gunmen seized nearly all of the Lebanese capital's Muslim sector from Sunni foes loyal to the U.S.-backed government on Friday in the country's worst sectarian clashes since the 15-year civil war. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in three days of street battles in West Beirut between the Iranian- and Syrian-backed...
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the dissident frogman (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Ladies and Gentlemen, that would be this week-end's Caption Contest. As expected by anybody sane enough not to trust the UN for fixing anything over there, Iran's armed wing in Lebanon, the Hizballah, is staging a coup. God, I sure wish Israel had used a tiny bit more of that "disproportionate force", back in Summer 2006. Anyway, Fox News has the photos: His ridiculous makeshift balaclava notwithstanding,...