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Beirut, 9 May 2008
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 Live Coverage |
 Unrest Across Lebanon Enters Third Day
 3:23 pm LBCI: March 14 members meeting in Maarab will stress their continued support to Saniora and will announce that they will not yield to Hizbullah’s threats
2:40 pm Heavy gunfire heard in the areas of Hamra and Clemenceau.
1:15 pm The crackle of gunfire echoed over the municipality stadium in Beirut.
1:10 pm Gunmen stormed into the house of Mufti Jabal Amel Sayyed Ali al-Amin in Tyre.
12:40 pm Gunmen from the Syrian Social Nationalist Party were seen deployed in Clemenceau.
12:00 pm Protestors closed the road between al-Abdeh and Halba. The Mina road, however, was reopened.
11:50 am Dahr el-Baidar highway was opened in both directions.
11:40 am MEA announced it was suspending all outgoing and incoming flights to Beirut until midday Saturday.
11:15 am MP Walid Jumblat has been evacuated from his Beirut home by army troops.
11:10 am Army troops reopened the port road which was briefly blocked at the Phoenicia Hotel area with burning tires. more 10:37 MPs and leaders of the March 14 alliance were summoned for an urgent meeting at Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea’s home in Maarab.
10:32 am An Egyptian diplomatic source said it is not allowed for a force backed by Iran to control Lebanon.
10:28 am An RPG hits Qoreitem palace, local media reported.
10:25 am Work stopped at Beirut port.
10:20 am Saudi Arabia called for an urgent meeting of Arab foreign ministers to try to halt the violence in Lebanon.
10:15 am MP Ammar Houri's residence is under army control after it was taken over by Hizbullah.
10:10 am Machine gun fire and RPGs heard around Hariri's mansion in Qoreitem.
10:06 am Kefraya-Mashghara and Qaroun-Sohmor roads were reopened while Dahr el-Baidar road remained closed with earthmounds.
9:30 am Hizbullah gunmen take control of Hamra and Verdun districts as gun battles take place at Sadat street which leads to Qoreitem, Hariri's residence.
9:20 am Security measures were reinforced around Walid Jumblat's Clemenceau mansion, Dar el-Fatwa and Mufti Mohammed Qabbani's residence in Talet el-Khayat.
9:15 am Ash Sharq radio, mouthpiece of al Mustaqbal movement, went off the air.
8:55 am Reports that Hizbullah gunmen are handing over to Lebanese army troops pro-government gunmen after their Beirut centers had been taken over by Hizbullah.
8:45 am Heavy deployment of Hizbullah gunmen in Beirut, particularly in Hamra, Karakol Druze, Raouche, Mulla, Talet el-Khayat, Zaidaniyeh, Ras el-Nabaa, Basta Zoqaq Blat and Nweiri, according to media reports.
8:40 am The crackle of gunfire and sporadic bursts of rocket-propelled grenade echo in Beirut.
8:35 am Reports that Al Mustaqbal newspaper building has been burnt down.
8:31 am Mulla said army troops building is now under army protection and troops should soon begin evacuating employees.
8:30 am Nadim Mulla, Future TV General Manager, said gunmen warned them through the army that they would attack building if they don't stop broadcasting.
8:00 am Future television stopped broadcasting after gunmen stormed into the building in Beirut.
7:16 am Calm in Saadnayel and Taalbaya after overnight clashes; and protestors blocked Masnaa road in retaliation for closure of airport highway.
7:14 am Renewed clashes in Corniche Mazraa.
7:00 am Al Mustaqbal newspaper building in Ramlet al-Baida is under attack with rockets and automatic gunfire.
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