Lebanon minister shot dead, Hariri son blames Syria
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Gunmen on Tuesday assassinated Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, plunging Lebanon deeper into a crisis over ties with its dominant neighbor.
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A stunned nation was in mourning Tuesday, with stores closed and troops at intersections to prevent violence, following the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, whose death raised fears that Lebanon might revert to the political violence of its 1975-90 civil war.
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The body of Rafiq Hariri, the former prime minister of Lebanon who was killed Feb.
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Beirut's main streets were shut down and armed guards stood vigilant today as anti-Syrian crowds chanting political slogans and waving the Lebanese flag packed into the capital's largest square in anticipation of the funeral of slain Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel. The Christian official was gunned down Tuesday, with many blaming Syria.
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Lebanon's Druze opposition leader Walid Jumblatt Tuesday accused Syria and Lebanese authorities of assassinating former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.
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BEIRUT, 2 October 2004 - A remote-controlled Beirut car bomb wounded a prominent Lebanese opposition politician and killed his driver yesterday, weeks after the former minister quit the government in protest at Syriaâs grip on Lebanon.
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A Lebanese man was killed on Sunday in south Lebanon when Israeli forces opened fire from northern Israel, security sources in Lebanon said.
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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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Lebanese Christian cabinet minister Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken critic of Syria, was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, plunging Lebanon deeper into a crisis over ties with its dominant neighbor.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri of Lebanon resigned yesterday in a sign of deepening divisions within Lebanon's fragile government over the decisive role that Syria, its larger and more powerful neighbor, plays in its political life.
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Two Lebanese men were shot dead in Baghdad on Friday, a Lebanese Foreign Ministry official said.
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Eight Lebanese opposition supporters were shot dead in Beirut on Sunday in some of the worst street violence since Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war, raising tensions in a country gripped by political conflict.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 21 -- Lebanese Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel, a vocal opponent of Syrian involvement in the country and a leader of the country's Maronite Christian minority, was assassinated in Beirut today, intensifying an already volatile situation and pushing the country's government a step...
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Lebanon's ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was "almost certainly" killed by a suicide bomb, initial inquiries show.
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BEIRUT -- One of Lebanon's most pronounced political crises in a generation slid into bloodshed yesterday when assailants showered gunfire on a car carrying an anti-Syrian politician and scion of the country's most prominent Christian family, killing him and a bodyguard and pushing Lebanon a step closer to civil strife.
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Lebanon shut down on Tuesday to mourn  former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, whose death in a huge  car bomb cast a harsh spotlight on troubled relations with  Syria and revived memories of the 1975-90 civil war.
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BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a senior Iraqi oil ministry official Wednesday in Baghdad as a Lebanese-born American was kidnapped in the capital.