Seven people have been killed in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, after a demonstration against power cuts descended into violence.
Shots were fired as the army intervened when protesters tried to block a road.
An activist from the opposition Shia Amal movement was killed, triggering violent protests in which six more people were killed, reports say.
Lebanese PM Fouad Siniora spoke of "most difficult and dangerous times" and declared Monday a day of mourning.
Meanwhile, Arab League foreign ministers meeting in Cairo called for army chief Michel Suleiman to be elected president, at the head of a national unity government.
A political deadlock has left Lebanon without a president since November. The Arab League ministers rejected a Syrian proposal for more pro-Syrian representation in Lebanon's cabinet.
"What is needed is a consensus solution," said Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, "not the opinion of this or that."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7212235.stm
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