Lebanon fears more violence after minister slain
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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, raised fears of a new spasm of factional violence.
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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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The latest Lebanese assassination has stunned the country and could further delay the election of a new President
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Violence breaks out at a second Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon, this time in the south of the country.
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A car bomb blast in central Beirut Friday injured a former Lebanese Cabinet minister and killed his driver, officials said. Former Economy Minister Marwan Hamadeh was rushed to a nearby hospital with minor
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Even before the killing of a key Christian politician, Beirut was primed for trouble. Now, it may be hard to avoid confrontation
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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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GENEVA, Nov 22 (IPS) - The assassination of Pierre Gemayel in Beirut on  Tuesday has interrupted an 18-month  relative safety for  anti-Syrian Lebanese politicians and intellectuals, and signals  the kick-off  of a series of events aiming at totally  destabilising the ailing national government and  dividing the  Christian community in the country -- and possibly plunging the  entire region  into chaos.
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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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Lebanon's PM issues a new warning to militants holed up in a refugee camp, after further clashes with troops.
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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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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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JENIN, West Bank  - Fatah gunmen shot at the convoy of a minister from the rival Hamas movement in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the first factional violence since Palestinian unity talks began a month ago.
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A bomb has gone off in the Lebanese capital Beirut, injuring a former minister and killing his driver.
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A car bomb exploded in central Beirut today, wounding a former Lebanese Cabinet minister in an assassination attempt, top Lebanese and Syrian officials said.
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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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Bomb blasts killed three people on commuter buses Tuesday and lawmakers blamed Syria, stirring fears of clashes between Hezbollah and government supporters at a massive rally planned to mark the assassination of Lebanon's former prime minister.