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Hunger strike for return of detainees
Families want to know fate of loved ones imprisoned in Syria
By Linda Dahdah
Daily Star staff
Tuesday, April 12, 2005

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As the country commemorates the 30th anniversary of the 15-year civil war's outbreak, relatives of about 280 Lebanese citizens presumed missing or imprisoned in Syria started an open-ended hunger strike in front of the UN House in Beirut on Monday.

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