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Lebanese cut roadways with burning tyres and rubbish bins across Beirut and other cities on Thursday in renewed protests sparked by a rapid fall in the pound currency and mounting economic hardship.
The pound slid to about 5,000 to the dollar on Thursday and has lost 70 per cent of its value since October, when Lebanon descended into a financial crisis seen as the biggest threat to stability since the 1975-90 civil war.
Lebanon is holding talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to secure billions in aid.
A prolonged economic downturn was the major grievance that sparked unprecedented mass protests in October last year against the political class, accused of corruption and incompetence.
Protests broke out again on Thursday, with roads blocked across the country, and security forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators.
A throng of protesters blocked a key road in the centre of the capital Beirut, an AFP journalist reported.
"Thief, thief, Riad Salame is a thief!" demonstrators chanted, referring to the governor of the central bank.
Demonstrators also chanted slogans of national unity, after sectarian clashes shook Beirut during protests last weekend.
"People can't take it anymore, that's enough," said Haitham, a protester in central Beirut.
"People have no work, no food to eat. They cannot buy medicines, nappies or milk for their children."
In the centre of the capital, near Riad Al Solh square, security forces fired tear gas to disperse protesters who threw stones, according to local television.
In the northern city of Tripoli, the army also fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who had tried to take over the local branch of the Central Bank, according to the state news agency ANI, adding that eight people were wounded.
A Molotov cocktail set fire to trees in front of the building, an AFP correspondent witnessed.
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