Lebanon - Mass Rally by Opposition

This is being reported by AFP no less!

BEIRUT (AFP) - Up to 150,000 opposition supporters rallied in Beirut three weeks after the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri as Syria prepared for a troop pullback in Lebanon in the face of international pressure.

Lebanese red-and-white flags and chants of "Syria Out" filled the central Martyrs' Square as President Emile Lahoud held much anticipated Damascus talks on the promised redeployment to the eastern Bekaa Valley.

The pullback to the Bekaa will take place by the end of March, according to a joint statement issued after the summit between Lahoud and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad.

There have been daily protests against Syria's dominant role in its smaller neighbour since Hariri's death in a February 14 bomb blast widely blamed on Damascus.

Will this spill over into Syria?
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