<span style="color: #222222;">In Lebanon, almost 400 people were injured during running battles between anti-government protesters and security forces in Beirut.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More street rallies were expected later today as part of the protests that has demanded the ouster of the Lebanese political class, which the activists condemn as inept and corrupt.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Rescuers said, at least 377 people were injured — both protesters and members of the security forces. Protesters had called for a week of anger as an economic crisis deepened while efforts remained deadlocked to form a new government to replace a leadership that stepped down under street pressure late last year.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Yesterday's clashes began after dozens of protesters, some concealing their faces with scarves, threw rocks, plant pots and other objects at anti-riot police guarding the road leading to parliament in downtown Beirut. Others tried to breach barbed-wire barricades to reach the legislature building or charged police lines using traffic signs as weapons. The security forces responded with water cannon and tear gas to disperse the crowds. </span><br />