Members of a Christian Lebanese organization invaded the Syrian Embassy here Wednesday and scattered some papers on the desk of the Syrian Ambassador before police arrived and ousted them. The demonstrators were protesting the killing of Lebanese Christians near Beirut by Syrian forces in Lebanon. Preliminary reports said that the Syrian Ambassador fled from the scene and no one was injured.
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