(AP/CNN) - Demonstrators in Beirut set fire to the Labor Ministry Thursday after Lebanese soldiers shot and killed five people and wounded 12 others during protests against the government's economic policies. The violence followed a strike call by the General Confederation of Labor and Trade Unions protesting the government's economic policies and demanding a reduction in gasoline prices.
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