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Tracking shot of protesters throwing stones and army soldiers pushing them away 2. Mid of protesters being pushed away by soldiers, AUDIO: Gunfire3. Wide of Army soldiers walking towards protesters4. Wide of airport road and smoke...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003e1. Tracking shot of protesters throwing stones and army soldiers pushing them away \u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of protesters being pushed away by soldiers, AUDIO: Gunfire\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wide of Army soldiers walking towards protesters\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of airport road and smoke rising \u003cbr/\u003e5. Sign showing airport direction  \u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of smoke tilt down to burning tyres blocking road \u003cbr/\u003e7. Lebanese army Armoured Personnel Carriers driving through burning tyres \u003cbr/\u003e8. Empty departure lounge \u003cbr/\u003e9. Arrival flights information board showing flights being cancelled or delayed  \u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of Labour Union headquarters \u003cbr/\u003e11. Wide of news conference \u003cbr/\u003e12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ghassan Ghosen, Head of Labour Union:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We've noticed today the complete absence of the government and in case of a complete absence of any follow up of our movement, it is in charge of re-opening the streets.\"\u003cbr/\u003e13. Lebanese Telecommunication minister Marwan Hamadeh walking \u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Marwan Hamadeh, Lebanese Telecommunication Minister:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The so-called labour strike called upon by labour unions has in my opinion totally failed because what we are witnessing now is a full fledge Hezbollah demonstration, not demonstration of popular force but demonstration of possibility to close roads and burn tyres.\"\u003cbr/\u003e15. Wide of street and zoom in man running from fire exchange UPSOUND: heavy gunfire in Beirut's Ras el-Nabaa neighbourhood\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide of building and a yellow ribbon showing police cordon\u003cbr/\u003e17. Lebanese army soldier asking photographers to leave clashes area  \u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide of Hezbollah backed opposition protesters in Beirut's Corniche Mazraa neighbourhood after earlier confrontations with pro government protesters (UPSOUND: gunfire), soldier forcing protester back \u003cbr/\u003e19. Injured protester hit by stone during earlier clashes, on the phone\u003cbr/\u003e20. Family looking from window\u003cbr/\u003e21. Wide of people walking in Beirut's Nwairi neighbourhood\u003cbr/\u003e22. Wide of charred cars \u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid of charred car \u003cbr/\u003e24. Mid of destruction in building \u003cbr/\u003eSidon, southern Lebanon \u003cbr/\u003e25. Various of protest with chants in Arabic \"Saniora out\"\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of Lebanese Army Armoured Personnel Carrier on Patrol \u003cbr/\u003e27. Travelling shot of army APC driving in a street in Beirut \u003cbr/\u003e28. 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Various shots of Lebanese Army vehicles on road sides \u003cbr/\u003eLebanon's long-simmering political crisis erupted into violent clashes between supporters of Iranian-backed Hezbollah and those of the US-allied government Wednesday, with explosions and gunfire ringing out across the capital.\u003cbr/\u003eThe clashes threatened to degenerate into an all-out sectarian conflict, with Shiite Hezbollah seizing offices of a major Sunni group and the Sunnis' spiritual leader denouncing the militant faction and appealing to the Islamic world to intervene.\u003cbr/\u003eIt started as a labor union strike supported by Hezbollah to protest against the government's economic policies and demand pay raises.\u003cbr/\u003eBut it quickly escalated into outright conflict at a time of rising political tension between the militant group and the government in their 17-month-long standoff.\u003cbr/\u003eTensions reached a new high on Tuesday, when the Cabinet said it would remove Beirut airport's security chief over alleged ties to Hezbollah. \u003cbr/\u003eThe government accused Hezbollah of deploying spy cameras to monitor the airport and declared that a telecommunications network used by Hezbollah for military purposes was illegal and a danger to state security.\u003cbr/\u003eThe move set the militant group and the government on a collision course and helped fuel Wednesday's violence that closed the international airport for six hours and blocked roads leading to it.\u003cbr/\u003eThe clashes and the road closures led labour unions to cancel the main demonstration planned to coincide with the strike to demand pay rises. \u003cbr/\u003eThe head of the Labour Union Ghassan Ghosen, accused the government of ignoring the protesters' demands. There was a \"complete absence of the government\" during the strike, he said in a press conference in Beirut. \u003cbr/\u003eMarwan Hamadeh, the Lebanese Telecommunication minister, said the strike \"totally failed,\" because the strike had turned into a \"Hezbollah demonstration, not demonstration of popular force.\" \u003cbr/\u003eExplosions and gunfire echoed throughout the city. \u003cbr/\u003eAssociated Press footage showed troop reinforcements in armoured carriers on the Corniche Mazraa road after Hezbollah backers had taken to the streets earlier. \u003cbr/\u003eIn the Beirut neighbourhood of Ras el-Nabaa, AP Television footage showed troops surrounding the area to contain the disturbances.\u003cbr/\u003eThe clashes left parked cars ablaze or their windows shattered in one neighbourhood.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the Nwairi neighbourhood, AP Television footage showed residents fleeing after the clashes left cars burning and windows shattered.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Sidon, southern Lebanon, a group of protesters gathered to protest against US-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora.\u003cbr/\u003eThe strike was largely confined to Shiite areas of Beirut and its southern suburbs where support for Hezbollah is strong. \u003cbr/\u003eShiite opposition supporters remained on the streets after sunset, and many of the blocked roads remained closed, indicating the protest will likely continue at least until Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks at a planned news conference on Thursday.\u003cbr/\u003eThe violence deepened tensions in a country already mired in a 17-month-old political crisis pitting the Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah against the government of Western-backed Prime Minister Fuad Saniora. \u003cbr/\u003eThe troubles have left Lebanon without a president since November.\u003cbr/\u003eMost Sunnis back Prime Minister Fuad Saniora's government, while Shiites generally support the opposition led by Hezbollah, which the US has labelled a terrorist 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