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At least eight people were killed and about 22 others wounded in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst internal violence since Lebanon's 1975-1990 Civil War, raising tensions in a country gripped by a political crisis. Riots continued until late Sunday night, and as The Daily Star went to press The Lebanese Army had still not contained.

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