Pro-Syria politician named Lebanese prime minister
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Beirut, Lebanon -- Lebanon&#39;s president appointed staunchly pro-Syria politician Omar Karami as prime minister Thursday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria&#39;s hold on Lebanese politics.
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A powerful bomb killed an anti-Syria lawmaker and six others Wednesday in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut, threatening to derail an effort by an already deeply divided Parliament to elect Lebanon's next president
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Lebanon's pro-Syrian president said Tuesday that his rival, the prime minister, violated the constitution by sending to the United Nations an approval of an international tribunal to prosecute the suspected killers of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.
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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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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 -- Lawmakers yesterday narrowly endorsed changes drafted by the pro-Syrian prime minister, Omar Karami, calling for fairer election laws and preserving close ties with neighboring Syria. After a three-day debate, during which the Cabinet came under heavy fire from opposition groups, Karami's plan won the backing of 59 of the 108 legislators. Twenty-four members of the 128-seat parliament voted ...
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Lebanon will bury on Thursday a high-profile anti-Syrian legislator, killed in a bomb attack which exacerbated the country's deep political crisis.
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Lebanon's Parliament amended the country's constitution Friday to extend pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud's term, ignoring U.N. calls to hold an election to choose the head of state.
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BEIRUT, Oct. 21 -- Lebanon's president appointed a staunchly pro-Syrian politician, Omar Karami, as prime minister on Thursday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria's hold on Lebanese politics.
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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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BEIRUT, Lebanon Sept. 4, 2004 - Lebanese lawmakers amended their constitution to keep pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud in office, boldly reaffirming their loyalty to Damascus and defying a UN resolution calling for presidential elections.
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Lebanon mourned assassinated former  Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri Tuesday as opposition leaders  bluntly implicated Syria in an attack that Lebanese authorities  said might have been a suicide bombing.
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BEIRUT -- Lebanon's president appointed staunchly pro-Syrian politician Omar Karami as prime minister yesterday, asking him to form the next government in a move that consolidates Syria's hold on Lebanese politics.
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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.
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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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A Lebanese cabinet minister has resigned to protest parliament&#39;s controversial decision to extend the term of Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud.
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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...