Lebanon braces for massive anti-government protests

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon is bracing for what many expect to be the largest protests in the fourth day of anti-government demonstrations.
Thousands of people of all ages were gathering in Beirut’s central square Sunday waving Lebanese flags and chanting the “people want to bring down the regime.”
The protests are Lebanon’s largest in five years, spreading beyond Beirut to its main cities and towns. The unrest erupted after the government proposed new taxes, part of stri