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Calm Is Restored After Sunni, Hezbollah Members Clash

August 25 2010

Lebanon

Clashes between Hezbollah supporters and members of a Sunni faction erupted Tuesday in Lebanon's capital, CNN reports.

The incident started over a traffic dispute in the Burj Abu Haider neighborhood of Beirut, a Lebanese army official said.

A Hezbollah official and his bodyguard were killed, as was a member of the Islamic Association for Charitable Projects. Seven others were reported wounded.

The army was sent to the neighborhood to restore order, officials said.

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