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Archive Home > 2008 > May > 18 > Sunni-Shiite tensions worsen in Lebanon

Sunni-Shiite tensions worsen in Lebanon

By Robert F. Worth and Nada Bakri / The Bulletin
May 18, 2008

MENIEH, Lebanon — After almost a week of street battles that left scores dead and threatened to push the country into open war, long-simmering Sunni- Shiite tensions here have sharply worsened, in an ominous echo of the civil conflict in Iraq.

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