Posted AT 11:55 AM EDT on 10/05/08
Crisis eases in Lebanon
Beirut — Lebanon's violent political crisis appeared to ease Saturday after the country's army stepped in to freeze a pair of controversial government decrees that had set off four days of deadly clashes. The militant Hezbollah group responded by saying it would pull its fighters off the streets, a day after seizing control of half the Lebanese capital.
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