Tense calm keeps Lebanon under siege
                   
dailystaregypt.com     May 11, 2008            

BEIRUT: It’s been four days since the Lebanese opposition took over West Beirut. An uneasy calm has settled over the city. The masked gunmen and rocket launchers have disappeared from the streets, giving way to the more familiar sight of grocery shoppers and joggers. But in the otherwise bustling Ha [read full story]                

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