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3rd Night of Clashes as Lebanon Puts Off Talks on New PM

Associated Press

   BEIRUT - Supporters of Lebanon's two main Shi'ite groups Hezbollah and
   Amal clashed with security forces and set fires to cars in the capital
   early Tuesday, apparently angered by a video circulating online that
   showed a man insulting Shi'ite figures.

   Police used tear gas and water cannons trying to disperse them.

   It was the third consecutive night of violence, and came hours after
   Lebanon's president postponed talks on naming a new prime minister,
   further prolonging the turmoil and unrest in the Mediterranean country.

   President Michel Aoun postponed the binding consultations with leaders
   of parliamentary blocs after the only candidate -- caretaker Prime
   Minister Saad Hariri -- failed to win the backing of the country's
   largest Christian groups amid a worsening economic and financial
   crisis.

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