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• May 10: Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in a shop set alight in the violence that broke out following a shooting at a funeral in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 10: Sunni supporters of majority leader Saad Hariri burn furniture from Hezbollah offices during clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon.
• May 10: Sunni supporters of majority leader Saad Hariri hold a picture of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as they burn the contents of an office belonging to the Lebanese chapter of Syria's ruling Arab Baath socialist party during clashes in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon.
• May 10: Lebanese soldiers block a street from Shiite gunmen from the Amal group as unrest continued in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 10: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a shop after it was set alight in the violence that broke out ollowing a shooting at a funeral in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 10: Demonstrators hold a banner that reads, 'Future news,' during a rally where journalists walked toward the Hariri's Future TV station that was forced to close by Hezbollah guerrillas in Beirut, Lebanon. Dozens of journalists accompanied by about 300 people demonstrated in Beirut Saturday to protest Hezbollah's closure of the television station of top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, saying the move is 'a crime' against the media.
• May 10: Lebanese soldiers sit on trucks as they move in downtown Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 10: Firefighters try to extinguish a fire in a shop set alight during clashes that ensued following a shooting at a funeral in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 10: A burned poster of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is seen the day after an anti-government gunmen, loyal to a pro-Syrian group, attacked and set fire to a building at the television station of top Sunni leader Saad Hariri, in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A Lebanese woman cleans her windshield, which was riddled by bullets, after clashes between Shiite gunmen and government supporters in her neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A masked Shiite gunman smokes a water pipe as he rests in a Beirut street, Lebanon.
• May 9: Shiite gunmen carry a rifle as they ride a motorcycle down Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip, during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: Lebanese soldiers rest atop of an armored personnel carrier in front of a billboard in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A Shiite gunmen from the Amal group reacts while resting during clashes in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A Shiite gunman from the Amal group guards an intersection in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A Shiite gunman from the Amal group fires with his AK-47 during a gunbattle in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: Tourists assess their luggage as they board a bus, fleeing clashes in Beirut.
• May 9: Smoke rises from a building after anti-government gunmen loyal to a pro-Syrian group attacked and set on fire a two-story building that belongs to Hariri's Future TV in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: Lebanese soldiers patrol the streets during clashes in Beirut.
• May 9: Tourists carry their luggage as they board a bus, fleeing clashes in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: A Shiite militant fixes a picture of Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, as he steps near pictures of slain former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri after an office belonging to the Future movement was seized during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: Shiite gunmen fix the Amal group flag on a lamppost in a newly seized neighborhood in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 9: Lebanese soldiers patrol Hamra Street, a normally vibrant commercial strip in a mainly Sunni area, during clashes in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: Hezbollah supporters play soccer on the main highway to Lebanon's international airport as they close the road with burning tires and barriers during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: Hezbollah supporters set debris barriers to close the airport highway near a poster of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, center, with writing in Arabic that reads: "Your course is always right," during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: Passengers pulling their baggage head towards the terminal building at Beirut's international airport, Lebanon. Supporters of the militant Shiite Hezbollah kept the road to the airport blocked, Thursday, effectively closing the airport for a second straight day.
• May 8: Opposition supporters gather as they set earthen barricades, closing the roads during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: Tayouneh roundabout that leads to the airport and other main cities, is closed off with earth barricades set by opposition supporters during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: A Sunni supporter of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri burns tires to block the highway linking Beirut with coastal village of Jiyeh, Lebanon.
• May 8: Lebanese soldiers stand guard as Sunni supporters of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri burn tires to block the highway linking Beirut with coastal village of Jiyeh, Lebanon.
• May 8: Lebanese soldiers close a road with their armored vehicles in Beirut, Lebanon.
• May 8: A Sunni supporter of parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri burns tires to block the highway linking Beirut with the coastal village of Jiyeh, Lebanon.
• May 8: Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, speaks from his hiding place, via a video link, during a press conference live on television, in a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. Hezbollah's leader said that the Lebanese government declared war by deeming the Shiite militant group's private telecommunications network illegal and a threat to state security.