<div>Beirut shaken by "barbaric" protests crackdown</div> <!-- no image --> <div>An upsurge of violence in Lebanon's protests against the ruling elite, with police meting out beatings and protesters hurling stones, has alarmed rights groups and whipped up public fury.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=rwFOvgvmDdU:vvhXU3DIE0I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=rwFOvgvmDdU:vvhXU3DIE0I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=rwFOvgvmDdU:vvhXU3DIE0I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=rwFOvgvmDdU:vvhXU3DIE0I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=rwFOvgvmDdU:vvhXU3DIE0I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/rwFOvgvmDdU" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters