Troops on Alert in Tense Lebanon After Hariri Killing
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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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Lebanese army investigators searched for clues on Thursday in the assassination of a top general who had been tipped to become the next army chief.
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Lebanon mourned assassinated former  Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Tuesday as opposition leaders  bluntly implicated Syria in the murder and Syrian workers were  attacked in the former prime minister's hometown.
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A United Nations official today called for restraint following Sunday's clashes in which an Israeli officer, a UN peacekeeper and a Hezbollah militant were killed near the border in southern Lebanon.
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Troops step up assault on Palestinian refugee camp in northern Lebanon after militants kill two soldiers.
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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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MAROUN A-RAS, Lebanon -- UN troops sent tanks and armor yesterday to a tense area along the frontier with Israel to try to determine whether an Israeli bulldozer crossed into Lebanon, sparking the first shootout since last summer's Hezbollah-Israel war.
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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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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon  - Advancing under a blanket of artillery and tank fire, Lebanese troops overran positions held by al Qaeda-inspired militants at a Palestinian refugee camp on Friday and 18 people were killed.
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Israel's government decided Thursday not to expand its battle with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon for now, but authorized the army to call up 30,000 reserve soldiers in case the fighting intensifies. Lebanese officials estimated a civilian death toll as high as 600.
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U.N. investigators probing the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri have identified a number of people who may have been involved or known about it, their chief reported on Thursday.
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Israel steps up security on the Lebanese border and in embassies after the killing of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh.
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U.N. troops sent to keep the peace in southern Lebanon are taking strong defensive measures against possible suicide attacks &#151; worried because al-Qaida has warned they are considered enemies of Islam.
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Lebanese troops fired on Palestinian refugees trying to march home to their besieged camp in northern Lebanon on Friday, and at least two people were killed and 20 wounded, Palestinian officials said.
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International pressure mounted on Syria  to ease its grip over Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to  bury slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday.
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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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Ramallah - All members of the Palestinian security services were placed on a state of alert on Thursday to prepare for a possible outbreak of unrest in the event of Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, Palestinian security sources said.