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CBC.ca
Syria's downtrodden flock to Lebanon for work
Reuters
By Erika Solomon and Laila Bassam | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Huddled under Beirut's concrete bridges and around street corners are thousands of Syrian men who have left home and crossed the border in recent months in the hope of finding work as day laborers.
Lebanese official: Pilgrims abducted in Syria soon to be freedCNN International
Lebanese FM: Captives in Syria FoundTIME
UN team brokers swap between Syrian regime, rebelsSan Jose Mercury News
Los Angeles Times
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Atlanta Journal Constitution
Two dead in Beirut clashes after killing of anti-Assad cleric
Reuters
Demonstrators blocked roads and burned tires in the northern province of Akkar, and similar protests in Beirut gave way to firefights with machineguns and rocket-propelled grenades. The clashes on Monday between gunmen from the Future Movement, ...
Beirut clashes kill 2 amid fear of Syria spilloverAtlanta Journal Constitution
Syrian Unrest Spills Into Lebanon; Battles in BeirutVoice of America (blog)
Syrian tensions spark clashes, worry in Lebanon's capitalLos Angeles Times
ABC News
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From Boston To Beirut: A Girl And Her Room
North Country Public Radio
One photo shows a girl named Amal at Shatila Refugee Camp in Beirut. She's in hijab, but that doesn't say much. The Hannah Montana t-shirt and stickers obscure the lines between Massachusetts and Middle East. The thing is: Although Lebanon, ...

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Globe and Mail
Gunbattle in Beirut as fears grow of spillover from Syria conflict
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns early Monday in intense street battles in the Lebanese capital, wounding six people as fears mounted that the conflict in neighboring Syria was bleeding across the border.
Gunbattle in Beirut amid Fears of Syria SpilloverNewsMax.com
Lebanon Shiites kidnapped in Syria to be free soon: ministerAFP
UPDATE 1-Five killed in restaurant blast in Syrian capitalChicago Tribune
Wall Street Journal
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Beirut tense after violent clashes linked to Syrian unrest
Washington Post
BEIRUT — Lebanon's capital was badly shaken Monday after a night of fighting in which factions for and against the embattled president of neighboring Syria clashed, stoking fears that Syrian unrest could spark serious violence here.


 
Beirut clashes kill 2 amid fear of Syria spillover
Seattle Post Intelligencer
BASSEM MROUE, AP, HUSSEIN MALLA, Associated Press An anti-Syrian regime protester, chants slogans during a demonstration to show solidarity with the Syrian revolution in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, May 18, 2012. The head of a UN observer team in Syria ...


 
Beirut Clashes: 2 Killed In Street Battles As Syria Conflict Spills Over
Huffington Post
BEIRUT — Street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in the Lebanese capital killed two people overnight and wounded 15 as the spiraling conflict in neighboring Syria spilled across the border. Some Beirut residents kept their children home ...