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A lone passenger walks through an empty Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on 7 May, 2008. The road connecting the airport to the city was blocked today by anti-government protesters during a general strike that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Musicians and dancers, part of the Lebanese diva Fayrouz's party, stand stranded at Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on 7 May, 2008 after arriving from a show in the United Arab Emirates. The road connecting the airport to the city was today blocked by protesters during a general strike by anti-government protesters that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

Lebanese protestors gather near the soil and rubble roadblock on the road leading to Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut late on 7 May, 2008. Anti-government protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a strike over wages today that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

A Lebanese protestor lies in the road leading to Rafiq Hariri International airport in Beirut on 7 May, 2008, next to the rubble and soil roadblock during a general strike. Anti-government protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a strike over wages today that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/RAMZI HAIDAR (Photo credit should read RAMZI HAIDAR/AFP/Getty Images)

A passenger (R) arriving from Paris walks away from Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on 7 May, 2008, with her driver (L) as the road connecting the airport to the city is blocked by protesters during a general strike. Anti-government protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a strike over wages today that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)

A tourist arriving from Paris walks away from Rafiq Hariri International Airport in Beirut on 7 May, 2008, as the road connecting the airport to the city is blocked by protesters during a general strike. Anti-government protesters blocked roads with blazing tyres in the Lebanese capital and disrupted air traffic during a strike over wages today that escalated into a confrontation between rival political camps. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK (Photo credit should read JOSEPH BARRAK/AFP/Getty Images)

Armed supporters of the Lebanese opposition-aligned Amal movement walk down a street past a burning car in Beirut on May 7, 2008 during a general strike that turned into a confrontation between rival political factions. Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition blocked main roads in Beirut with burning barricades today, paralysing the capital in a long-running political standoff with the US-backed government. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)

An armed member of the opposition-aligned Amal movement walks past Lebanese firemen dousing burning cars in a Beirut street on May 7, 2008. Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition blocked main roads in Beirut with burning barricades today, paralysing the capital in a long-running political standoff with the US-backed government. AFP PHOTO/ANWAR AMRO (Photo credit should read ANWAR AMRO/AFP/Getty Images)