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Civil war fear as Lebanon clashes escalate

By Ferry Biedermann in Beirut, Andrew England in Abu Dhabi and Heba Saleh in Cairo and Reuters

Published: May 11 2008 19:20 | Last updated: May 12 2008 14:22

Clashes resumed in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli in fighting between Hizbollah and its pro-government opponents on Monday as security sources said at least 36 people had been killed in fierce clashes on Sunday.

Security sources said the 36 dead in Sunday’s fighting included 14 Hizbollah fighters. Hizbollah and allied fighters overran several positions of gunmen loyal to Walid Jumblatt in the Aley district before the Druze leader agreed to hand over his positions to the Lebanese army.

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