Agricultural and Transport unions protest in pictures

 

A Lebanese soldier removes a burning tyre during a workers” demonstration against the rising prices in Adloun. Fears are mounting that Lebanon”s prolonged political crisis could spill out on to the streets after a spate of demonstrations over government paralysis and the escalating cost of living.
(AFP/Mahmoud Zayat)

 

Protesters stop a taxi driver to unload his passengers during a strike by agricultural and transport unions to protest the rising cost of living in Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. The army and police sent more troops into the streets of the Lebanese capital Thursday to prevent any rioting after labor unions called a strike over economic demands that quickly turned into a test of strength between the government and opposition.
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

 

A protester takes the car keys of a taxi driver to prevent him from working during a strike by agricultural and transport unions to protest the rising cost of living in Beirut, Lebanon Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. The army and police sent more troops into the streets of the Lebanese capital Thursday to prevent any rioting after labor unions called a strike over economic demands that quickly turned into a test of strength between the government and opposition.
(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

 

A protester carries a burning tire during a strike by agricultural and transport unions to protest the rising cost of living, on the main southern highway near the city of Sidon, Lebanon Thursday, Jan. 24, 2008. Transport drivers on strike over rising costs briefly blocked some Lebanese roads Thursday, but the nationwide labor action was largely peaceful even though troops moved in to prevent rioting.
(AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)