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12 killed and more than 80 injured after fighting in Lebanon between two communities divided over Syria

The crack of gunfire and the heavy thud of rocket-propelled grenades rang out over Lebanon’s second city of Tripoli today as the death toll climbed during a third day of running street battles that have ominous echoes of the conflict in neighbouring Syria. Related StoriesTurkey bomb blast death toll rises to 9 as 12-year-old girl diesRussia warns against West's intervention in SyriaSyrian forces kill journalist in Damascus raidIsraeli biblical park outfits donkeys with Wi-Fi routersAvigdor Lieberman urges foreign powers to press for Palestinian elections to unseat President Mahmoud Abbas...

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Published By: The Independent - Wednesday, 22 August, 2012

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