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Beirut clashes: concerns in West
09 May 2008 07:49:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 8 - Tensions escalate in Lebanon after Hezbollah said Lebanon's government had declared war by targeting its communications network

Street confrontations this week have deepened the country's worst internal crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Deborah Lutterbeck reports.
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