The World - News from March 30, 1986
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Fighting between Shia Muslim militiamen and Palestinian forces in Beirut left at least seven people dead, and two members of the U.N. peacekeeping force, a Ghanaian and a Fiji soldier, died in gunfire in southern Lebanon. Six Shias and a Palestinian were killed in clashes with Palestinians at the Sabra and Chatilla refugee camps. The U.N. deaths occurred in separate clashes at U.N. checkpoints with unidentified gunmen. Shias clashed with Lebanese Christian gunmen and troops loyal to President Amin Gemayel across the Green Line dividing mainly Muslim West Beirut from the city’s Christian eastern sector.
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