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SV & CU Demonstrators in procession (5 shots)
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LV Demonstrators passing in front of armed soldiers
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GV Guards hold back demonstrators in front of Parliament building
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SCU Mr. Kamal Joumblat addresses demonstrators through loudhailer
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GV Demonstrators applauding
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Background: Hundreds of factory workers staged a demonstration march through the streets of Beirut on Monday (13 November) in protest at the death over the weekend of two people during a clash with Lebanese security forces.

The demonstrators, escorted by a strong force of police, marched peacefully from the outskirts of the capital to Parliament carrying placards and chanting such slogans as 'Bullets for the enemy--not the people.'
On Tuesday (14 November) workers in Beirut and suburbs observed a general strike in protest against the deaths of the two people, which occurred on Saturday when strikers at a chocolate and biscuit factory clashed with security men while blocking the street outside their factory with blazing tyres. The victims were a worker and a woman passer-by.