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Article: Anti-government protests gain momentum in Lebanon.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- December 1, 2006
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Byline: Liz Sly
BEIRUT, Lebanon _ After last year's Cedar Revolution, the counter-revolution began Friday.
In a massive display of people power that echoed Lebanon's 2005 uprising against Syria's presence, hundreds of thousands of supporters of the pro-Syrian Hezbollah movement and its allies swarmed into the downtown area of Beirut and pledged to continue to occupy the symbolic heart of the city until the U.S.-backed government resigns.
As night fell, protest organizers set up tents, portable toilets and water tanks to cater to the thousands of people planning to sleep there overnight, setting the stage for what could become a marathon ...