Lebanese riot police stand guard in front of the government palace behind a barbed wire barricade decorated with the national flag by anti-government protesters in downtown Beirut on Oct. 22, 2012. Lebanese troops launched a major security operation on Monday to open all roads and force gunmen off the streets, trying to contain an outburst of violence set off by the assassination of a top intelligence official who was a powerful opponent of Syria. Sectarian clashes killed at least five people. (Associated Press)
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