Support for Hezbollah still high in south Lebanon
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AITA AL-SHAAB, Lebanon  - He passed all his school exams, helped out in his father's sandwich bar, ran a bicycle shop and still found time to train with local Hezbollah guerrillas in this village on Lebanon's border with Israel.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 3 -- Hezbollah and its allies returned tens of thousands of followers to downtown Beirut on Sunday in an ongoing protest against the government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, a startling show of force in its third day that has left parts of Beirut in a schizophrenic mood: upended by...
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Hezbollah on Tuesday shrugged off French accusations that it engaged in terrorism, without threatening to pull out of an all-party conference in France aimed at easing Lebanon&#39;s political crisis.
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In LebanonÂs worst political crisis since the end of a 15-year civil war in 1990, hundreds of thousands of Hezbollah supporters today poured into the center of Beirut, where they demanded an end to Fouad SinioraÂs Western-backed government.
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The fighting between Israeli forces and Islamic militants in Lebanon hasn&#039;t touched Iran or Syria yet, but many analysts think those countries were the hidden hand behind Hezbollah&#039;s capture of two Israeli soldiers.
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The Arab League won vital Syrian support on Monday for its efforts to end a standoff between Lebanon's government and a Hezbollah-led opposition, but the opposing parties said a deal still looked elusive.
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Hezbollah supporters hold a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah and wave Lebanese flags near the Lebanese government house during the second day of an open-ended protest to force the resignation ...Comment
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah acknowledges that Israeli troops can sweep across south Lebanon. But if he and his militants can survive and keep fighting, he will cement his image as the unlikely new hero of Arab nationalism.
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Lebanonâs troubles are not principally about Islamic militancy, but some fear the country could attract more of it, especially from the Iraq war.
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Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah made his first appearance since the start of clashes with Israel, saying Sunday that his group had &quot;complete strength and power&quot; and would act without limits in future attacks.
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Lebanon's power brokers and their regional backers seem inclined to seek a compromise, but the passions stoked by their showdown may not be easily defused
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday that Hezbollah has "hoisted the banner of victory" over Israel and toppled U.S.-led plans for the Middle East. Hezbollah's main backers &#151; Iran and Syria &#151; struck nearly identical tones a day after a cease-fire took effect in Lebanon: heaping praise on the guerrillas as perceived victors for the Islamic world and claiming that Western influence in the region was dealt a serious blow.
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Around 300,000 Lebanese waving flags and blue balloons demonstrated in Beirut on Wednesday to honor Rafik al-Hariri, two years after the ex-premier's killing, and show support for the anti-Syrian government.
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Villagers throwing rice and Hezbollah supporters holding banners welcomed the country's army to south Lebanon on Thursday after a nearly 40-year absence, and the first airliner landed at Beirut airport since fighting began more than a month ago.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 7 -- Hezbollah's leader, Hasan Nasrallah, vowed Thursday to keep protesters in downtown Beirut until a new Lebanese government is installed, but insisted that his group and its allies would not provoke another civil war in Lebanon.
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Hezbollah on Tuesday shrugged off French accusations that it was a terrorist group, without threatening to pull out of an all-party conference in France aimed at easing Lebanon&#39;s political crisis.
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BEIRUT, Dec. 10 -- Hezbollah and its allies turned out the biggest crowds yet in downtown Beirut, sending hundreds of thousands of followers to the gates of the government headquarters Sunday in a feat of mobilization and discipline described by some leaders  as the last mass protest before the...