Lebanon teeters on brink of civil war
BEIRUT (AFP) - Hezbollah-led opposition fighters seized control of pro-government strongholds in Beirut on Friday as gunbattles rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day, edging the nation dangerously close to all-out civil war.
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