TYRE, Lebanon (Reuters) - More than 150 people protested outside the base of French peacekeeping forces in southern Lebanon on Saturday, demanding the release of a Lebanese leftist militant imprisoned in France for almost 30 years.
No one appeared to have been hurt, but a week of small protests around the country, including the vandalisation of a French cultural centre, could raise tensions between the two countries.
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