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Hezbollah fighters sweep over much of Beirut's Muslim sector (AP)

Date : 09 May 2008 Category : World

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AP - Unchallenged by Lebanon's army, the Iranian-backed Hezbollah routed Sunnis loyal to the U.S.-allied government and seized control of large swaths of Beirut's Muslim sector Friday in a telling demonstration of its military prowess.

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