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Article: Amid festivities, Beirut in crisis Both sides prepared for long fight over political future
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- International Herald Tribune
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- December 30, 2006
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Hassan M. Fattah
International Herald Tribune
12-30-2006
Nada Bakri contributed from Beirut.*** Sleigh bells jingled, carols blared from loudspeakers and dancing Santa Clauses lent the center of Beirut the feel of a Christmas fair this week, complete with street sellers hawking trinkets.And there were posters of Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader.If not for the razor wire and heavily armed soldiers ringing much of the area, one could have forgotten the crisis in the city this week.''We are Muslims and Christians standing together to tell the world this is Lebanon,'' announced a speaker with the Free Patriotic Movement, an opposition party, shortly before a massive cake was rolled out ...