Street battles after rally demanding removal of judge from port blast probe involve several of the same players as the 1975-1990 civil war, including Hezbollah terror group

Hezbollah, which had 2 fighters among the dead, accuses Christian group of trying to 'start a civil war'; terror group says 'cannot allow the blood of our (martyrs) to go to waste'

Hours-long exchange of fire involved snipers, pistols, Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades; 20 wounded; not clear who fired at whom, how clashes broke out and why

Tarek Bitar, 47, has dared to take on Beirut's untouchable political barons as he probes last year's devastating port explosion; protests for his removal turned deadly on Thursday

Iran-backed terror organization demands government action against Tarek Bitar, causing cabinet meeting to be canceled; no group officials have been charged in the probe yet

But Tarek Bitar is forced to put case on hold after Ali Hassan Khalil, the warrant's target, formally asks for the judge to be replaced

Country's civil defense chief says fire under control and 'disaster' averted; energy minister says flames consumed some 250,000 liters of gasoline

King Abdullah II tells Lebanese leader Najib Mikati that Amman will 'always stand by the side of Lebanon and its brotherly people'

Move ends almost 24 hours of total blackout after central plants ground to a halt amid oil shortages

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman on Bahrainis' trip to Israel and Japanese diplomacy as ToI editor David Horovitz discusses Lebanon, Ron Arad, Cyprus and soccer