President George Bush held out an olive branch to Hezbollah tonight, saying the militant Shiite Muslim group could be part of the political mainstream in Lebanon despite its terrorist past.

Hundreds of thousands of opposition demonstrators waved gathered in Beirut’s Martyrs Square today, throwing the biggest protest yet in the duel of street rallies with supporters of Syria and the Lebanese government.

Thousands of flag-waving Lebanese answered an opposition call for a massive street protest in Beirut today.