BEIRUT, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Dozens of Lebanese protesters blocked off the only road leading to Beirut's international airport with rubble and burning tyres at the start of a general strike called by the opposition on Tuesday, witnesses said.

They said other protesters cut off roads in several streets in central Beirut, its mainly Shi'ite southern suburb and the southern and northern entrences of the capital.

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