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Syrian workers carry belongings and walk to the Syrian borders after Sunni Muslim gunmen block the road with soil and rocks in the Masna'a area east of Lebanon, May 12, 2008.
REUTERS/ Khaled Hussein

A Lebanese gunman loyal to the government keeps watch on the main road leading to Damascus near the Masnaa crossing point in Lebanon's eastern Bekaa valley. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday stepped up diplomatic efforts to end the violence in Lebanon and shore up its pro-Western government, conceding the situation was "very fragile.
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A Sunni Muslim gunman walks on a street in Tripoli, northern Lebanon May 12, 2008. Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen fought militiamen allied to Hezbollah in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday, in further violence that has already dismantled the balance of power in Lebanon.
REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim (LEBANON)

A Lebanese shepherd gestures while he guides his sheep home in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. On Monday, there was an uneasy calm on the streets of Beirut which have been the focus of bloody sectarian clashes recently between Sunnis and Shiites with many roads remaining blocked by the ongoing civil disobedience campaign.
(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Fighters loyal to the government gather in a Sunni neighborhood during heavy fighting with pro-Syrian fighters allied with Hezbollah at the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between government supporters and opponents Monday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, after soldiers quelled similar battles that killed at least 16 people in mountains overlooking the capital, security officials and paramedics said.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A gunman is seen near other fighters loyal to the government , as they gather in a Sunni neighborhood during heavy fighting with pro-Syrian fighters allied with Hezbollah at the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between government supporters and opponents Monday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, after soldiers quelled similar battles that killed at least 16 people in mountains overlooking the capital, security officials and paramedics said.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Lebanese Druze men talk outside their apartment building which was attacked by Hezbollah militants in Chouweifat, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanese army continued its deployments into the area of Chouweifat, Lebanon's mountains overlooking the capital Monday, a day after heavy fighting between pro and anti-government supporters left at least 11 people dead.
(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

A Lebanese Druze man runs across a street which was attacked by Hezbollah militants in Chouweifat, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanese army continued its deployments into the area of Chouweifat, Lebanon's mountains overlooking the capital Monday, a day after heavy fighting between pro and anti-government supporters left at least 11 people dead.
(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

A damaged roof at a Lebanese Druze apartment building is seen, backdropped by the view of Beirut, which was attacked by Hezbollah militants in Chouweifat, South of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanese army continued its deployments into the area of Chouweifat, Lebanon's mountains overlooking the capital Monday, a day after heavy fighting between pro and anti-government supporters left at least 11 people dead.
(AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Fighters loyal to the government flash a 'V' sign in a Sunni neighborhood during heavy fighting with pro-Syrian fighters allied with Hezbollah at the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out Monday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli after soldiers quelled similar battles that killed at least 16 people in mountains overlooking the capital, security officials and paramedics said.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A Lebanese private yacht is seen from Larnaca marina after arriving from Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Some 180 people have trickled out of troubled Lebanon aboard private yachts ferrying them to the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus, officials said, increasing concern here over a possible repeat of the large-scale refugee exodus in 2006.
(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

A gunman rests while other fighters loyal to the government gather at an alley in a Sunni neighborhood during heavy fighting with an opponent pro-Syrian fighters allied with Hezbollah at the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Heavy fighting broke out between government supporters and opponents Monday in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, after soldiers quelled similar battles that killed at least 16 people in mountains overlooking the capital, security officials and paramedics said.
(AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Lebanese men are seen on a private yacht at Larnaca marina after arriving from Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Some 180 people have trickled out of troubled Lebanon aboard private yachts ferrying them to the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus, officials said, increasing concern here over a possible repeat of the large-scale refugee exodus in 2006.
(AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Militants of the Shiite Amal opposition group take to the streets during heavy clashes with pro-government fighters in Shwayfat in the Druze mountains southeast of Beirut. Fierce fighting has erupted in northern Lebanon, further exacerbating tensions after days of deadly sectarian battles that have driven the nation to the brink of full-blown civil war.
(AFP/Anwar Amro)

Hezbollah militants carry coffins of their two comrades who died in clashes, in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 12, 2008. Lebanese army continued its deployments in Lebanon's mountains overlooking the capital Monday, a day after heavy fighting between pro and anti-government supporters left at least 11 people dead, security officials and paramedics said.
(AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Hezbollah supporters carry the coffin of their comrade during a funeral in south of Beirut May 12, 2008. Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its pro-Syrian allies have swept through Beirut and hills to the east, routing loyalists of the U.S.-backed government before handing its conquests to the Lebanese army, which has stayed out of the fighting. One source said the dead in Sunday's battles included 14 Hezbollah fighters.
REUTERS/Damir Sagolj (LEBANON)

Sunni Muslim gunmen block the main road to Syrian borders in the Masna'a area east of Lebanon May 12, 2008. Pro-government Sunni Muslim gunmen and militiamen loyal to Lebanon's Iranian-backed Shi'ite Hezbollah battled with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades in the northern city of Tripoli on Monday.
REUTERS/ Khaled Hussein (LEBANON