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May 3, 1990 | From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A crowd of 200 unarmed Christian civilians formed a human buffer between rival Christian forces for the second straight day in a bid to stop months of bitter fighting in Lebanon. The Christian Maronite residents of the resort town on Qlaiaat, 12 miles northeast of Beirut, set up a makeshift church in the middle of town and prayed loudly for peace along the battle front line. Troops loyal to the Christian strongman, Maj. Gen.
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August 14, 1986 | United Press International
A car packed with 220 pounds of TNT exploded today near a hospital in Christian East Beirut where a Christian leader was recovering from an assassination attempt. Police said 19 people were killed and 100 wounded. Civil Defense official Elie Honein said the explosive-laden Mercedes-Benz sedan exploded at 10:03 a.m. on a busy street in Dora, near the St. Joseph hospital and opposite a gasoline station, causing huge fires.
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March 16, 1985 | Associated Press
Christian militias who demand an end to Syrian influence in the Lebanese government seized the last Beirut position of Amin Gemayel's loyalists Friday. Syria said it would not accept mutiny against the embattled president, and the rebels asked for negotiations. Rebel militiamen fired on Lebanese army units making the first attempt to end the three-day-old uprising.
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March 15, 1985 | CHARLES P. WALLACE, Times Staff Writer
Syrian President Hafez Assad sent a personal envoy to Lebanon on Thursday in an apparent effort to help resolve an uprising in the nation's Christian community. Lebanon's state radio reported that Maj. Gen. Mohammed Kholi, Assad's national security adviser, met with Lebanese President Amin Gemayel in suburban Baabda. Schools remained closed in the Christian areas of the city and its suburbs, but most shops reopened after a one-day closure because of the crisis.
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May 27, 1990 | From United Press International
Papal Nuncio Pablo Puente on Saturday announced a five-point agreement to end nearly four months of fighting in Beirut's Christian enclave but said the pact is only a partial solution. At a news conference, Puente said rival Christian leaders Maj. Gen. Michel Aoun, who commands a 15,000-strong Lebanese army force, and Samir Geagea, leader of the 10,000-member Lebanese Forces militia, approved his proposed peace agreement.
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April 19, 1990 | From Times Wire Services
A rifle-fired grenade slammed into a school bus and exploded during Christian factional fighting Wednesday, killing 11 schoolchildren and at least four other people. A police spokesman said the bus was hit while crossing into mostly Christian East Beirut in the afternoon. It was bringing children back from school in southern Beirut. The grenade ignited the fuel tank. "It couldn't be determined who fired the rifle grenade," said the spokesman, who declined to be identified.