The World - News from March 19, 1989

Christian-led army troops and pro-Syrian Muslim militia members battled with tanks and artillery on the fifth consecutive day of sectarian fighting in Lebanon, security sources said. At least 50 people have been killed and 155 wounded. The latest flare-up came a day after a car bomb exploded in front of a crowded East Beirut bakery near the British Consulate, killing 15 people. Each side blamed the other for the renewed violence, which followed four days of fighting along the line that divides the capital city of Beirut and its suburbs into Muslim and Christian sectors.