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Passengers wait to leave Beirut's international airport after its main road was blocked by Hezbollah supporters
07 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Passengers wait to leave Beirut's international airport, after the main road leading to the airport was blocked by Hezbollah supporters, in Beirut May 7, 2008. Demonstrators blocked several roads in and around Beirut with burning tyres on Wednesday when large parts of Lebanon observed a strike to protest against the government's economic and social policies, witnesses said. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir (LEBANON)
REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR


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Lebanese soldiers stop a man at a checkpoint at Tareek al-Jadeedi district in Beirut May 9, 2008. Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah took control of the Muslim part of Beirut on Friday tightening ...




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