Lebanon Protesters Try to Storm Government Headquarters in Beirut

Protestoers outside the government headquarters in Beirut on March 22.

Photographer: Joseph Eid/AFP/Getty Images

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BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese security forces Wednesday fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters, mainly retired soldiers, who tried to break through the fence leading to the government headquarters in downtown Beirut.