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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese protesters broke into the U.N. headquarters in Beirut on Sunday, smashing windows and ransacking offices, after an Israeli air strike killed 54 people in south Lebanon.

Several thousand people massed outside the building in downtown Beirut chanting "Death to

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Israel, death to America. We sacrifice our blood and souls for Lebanon."

Geir Petersen, the personal representative of U.N. Secretary-General

Kofi Annan

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Kofi Annan in Lebanon, condemned the Israeli attack on the village of Qana and called for an immediate investigation.

"I strongly condemn today's killing of tens of civilians by Israeli shelling of residential buildings in the village of Qana," he said. He was not in building when it was attacked.

By late afternoon, all the protesters had drifted away.

At least 542 Lebanese, mostly civilians, have been killed in the war between Israel and Hizbollah and there is growing anger in Lebanon that the international community has not done enough to end it.

Lebanon's health minister estimates the toll at 750, including unrecovered bodies. Fifty one Israelis have also been killed.