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Beirut: One dead in clashes between Amal and Future supporters.


Summary: At least one woman died and several other people were hurt Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  when fighting broke out in Beirut between supporters of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri Nabih Berri (Arabic: نبيه بري; born January 28, 1938 in Bo, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean-Lebanese politician, is currently the speaker of the Lebanese Parliament of Lebanon.  and Future Movement led by Saad al Hariri.

At least one woman died and several other people were hurt Sunday when fighting broke out in Beirut between supporters of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Future Movement led by Saad al Hariri. The state-run National News Agency said a 30-year-old woman died in the fighting in the Aisha Bakkar district of Beirut.

The fighting included automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades RPG, or rocket-propelled grenade is a loose term describing hand-held, shoulder-launched anti-tank weapons capable of firing an unguided rocket equipped with an explosive warhead. . According to according to
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 Naharnet, Lebanese soldiers managed around 9 p.m. to regain control of the situation.

The fighting comes only a day after Saad Hariri Saadeddine Rafiq al Hariri (Arabic: سعد الدين رفيق الحريري  was named as prime minister, with the support of his parliamentary bloc and Amal.

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Date:Jun 28, 2009
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