Thousands of Lebanese protesters march to Beirut's Martyrs Square

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Beirut, Aug 30 (IANS) Thousands of Lebanese on Saturday marched to downtown Beirut's Martyrs Square in an anti-government protest and gave the government 72 hours to meet its demands. "You Stink," the main activist group behind the protest, launched demonstrations for the government's failure in solving the waste crisis that erupted following the closure of the Naameh landfill in July, and piles of trash filled the streets of Beirut and Mount Leba**n, Xinhua reported. The protests came amid calls on Lebanese authorities to investigate allegations that security forces have used excessive force to disperse two rallies held last weekend and led to the injury of 160 people, as Interior Minister **uhad Mash**uq revealed.

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