Minister's killing plunges Lebanon into new crisis
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Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday as a bitter power struggle brewed after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister that his allies blamed on Damascus.
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The murder of an anti-Syrian leader means the removal of just two more cabinet ministers would bring down the government. And that, many Lebanese believe, is precisely what the killers intend
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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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BEIRUT, Lebanon - A car bomb exploded Friday in central Beirut, wounding a former Lebanese Cabinet minister and killing his driver, officials said.    Former Economy Minister Marwar Hamadeh reportedly suffered minor wounds and was in stable condition...
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JUST weeks before Emile Lahoud is scheduled to start his newly extended three-year term as president of Lebanon, the country has been plunged into a political crisis with the decision by Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to give up his post, dissolve his
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Violent clashes broke out Sunday between Shiite and Sunni Muslims in the capital, leaving one man dead from gunshot wounds and 21 others injured at a time when tensions throughout Lebanon threaten the country's fragile sectarian and political balance.
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Lebanese investigators have concluded that al Qaeda-inspired militants killed a Christian Lebanese minister late last year, a Lebanese newspaper reported on Saturday.
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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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Hezbollah will take to the streets next week to try to topple the government, political sources said on Friday, in a move that would stoke tension in a country already reeling after the assassination of a minister.
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Lebanonâs efforts to select a new president are already facing fresh setbacks. But with a deadline looming, lawmakers risk even deeper chaos if they fail to make a choice.
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A Beirut car bomb wounded a Lebanese opposition politician and killed his driver on Friday, witnesses and officials said. Former Economy Minister Marwan Hamadeh had just left his home in
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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 that threatens to destabilize the country.
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Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri is killed as a massive explosion rips through west Beirut.
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A remote-control car bomb has wounded a prominent Lebanese opposition politician in Beirut and killed his driver, weeks after the former minister quit the government to protest Syria&#39;s grip on Lebanon.
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Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday for an anti-Syrian cabinet minister whose assassination, blamed by his allies on Damascus, has reignited his country's deep factional rivalries.
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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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A remote-control Beirut car bomb wounded  a prominent Lebanese opposition politician and killed his  driver Friday, weeks after the former minister quit the  government to protest Syria's grip on Lebanon.