Lebanon buries assassinated MP
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An assassinated anti-Syrian Christian lawmaker was buried on Friday after thousands of mourners marched behind his coffin in east Beirut, waving flags and throwing rice and flowers at his funeral procession.
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BIKFAYA, Lebanon -- Mourners wept and showered rice yesterday on the coffin of a slain government minister who opposed Syrian influence in this divided nation, as his supporters mobilized for a massive show of force at his funeral in the capital, Beirut.
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Mourners at funeral of anti-Syrian MP killed in bomb blast chant slogans against Syrian president.
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Beirut blast kills anti-Syrian MP and six others just days before vote for new president.
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Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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Senior Lebanese politicians are expected at the funeral of assassinated anti-Syrian MP Antoine Ghanim.
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Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was shot dead by apparent assassins Tuesday in Beirut, senior Lebanese government officials said.
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Prominent anti-Syrian Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was assassinated in a suburb of Beirut on Tuesday, his Phalange Party Voice of Lebanon radio station reported.
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Thousands of mourners gather in the Lebanese capital for the funeral of ex-PM Rafik Hariri, killed in a car bombing.
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Lebanon prepared to bury anti-Syrian legislator Walid Eido on Thursday, a day after he was killed in a car bomb attack his allies blamed on Damascus.
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Lebanese troops were on alert across the country on Tuesday as the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in a car bomb blast raised fears of a political crisis and rekindled raw memories of civil war.
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An anti-Syrian MP is among at least six people killed in a blast in the waterfront area of Lebanon's capital.
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BIKFAYA, Lebanon -- Lebanon canceled Independence Day celebrations and people huddled around televisions to watch the live broadcast Wednesday of dignitaries paying last respects to a Christian politician whose assassination threatened to push the country's political crisis into wider violence.
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Hundreds of Lebanese mourners pressed on Wednesday to touch the coffin of minister Pierre Gemayel whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Syria, stoked fears of more killings and a surge in factional violence.
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A former leader who quietly pressed for Syria to quit Lebanon was killed Monday.
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Lebanon's opposition buried on Tuesday an anti-government demonstrator whose death in a street skirmish has raised sectarian tensions and the army's commander warned his forces might not be able to control the streets.
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Lebanon begins three days of mourning for the assassinated Maronitwe Christian leader Pierre Gemayel.