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May 7, 2008, 7:50 GMT

Lebanon's labour union cancels protest (Extra)

Beirut - Lebanon's Labour Union cancelled Wednesday a scheduled demonstration to protest the high cost of living, after roads were blocked and tension prevailed in the streets. A source at the Labour Union told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa that 'the confederation will announce the cancellation of the protest which was due to start at 7:00 GMT because our demands were being politicized and we want to avoid violence in the streets.' Earlier, a sonic bomb was thrown at demonstrators gathering in Kornich al-Mazraa in Lebanon, wounding at least five people, among them two soldiers, ahead of the labour protest Wednesday. Dozens of pro-Syrian opposition followers, mainly from the Shiite Hezbollah movement and its ally Amal, blocked in the early hours of the morning roads leading to Beirut a few hours ahead of the scheduled protest.

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