LEBANON STUDENT RIOTS KILLS TWO, MANY INJURED
January 1st, 2007
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in BeirutIN an already charged political atmosphere a verbal argument between students at the Beirut Arab University on Thursday turned violent, spreading out onto the streets and leaving two students dead and over 160 students and protesters wounded.Students from the Sunni Muslim, pro-government Future movement clashed with students from the anti-government, Shiite Muslim Amal party at the Beirut Arab University's (BAU) cafeteria.The clash came just two days after thousands of Lebanese took to the streets as part of a strike by the opposition, ...
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