Slaying of former Lebanese leader puts Syria in spotlight
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DAMASCUS -- It is unclear who engineered the attack that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and at least nine others, but his death has pitched Syria into deeper isolation and vulnerability.
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Syria condemned on Friday an attempt of assassination against a former Lebanese minister in Beirut, the state-run SANA news agency reported.
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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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Tens of thousands of Lebanese paid tribute to assassinated Christian politician Pierre Gemayel on Thursday, turning his funeral in central Beirut into a display of defiance towards Syria and its Hezbollah allies.
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World leaders reacted swiftly this afternoon to condemn the assassination of the Lebanese Industry Minister, Pierre Gemayel, a critic of Syria who was shot in his car on the outskirts of Beirut: Saad Hariri , ...Comment
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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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Attacks that have targeted prominent Lebanese, most of them opponents of Syria:
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Lebanon was marking the second anniversary of Rafik al-Hariri's assassination on Wednesday and anti-Syrian leaders have called for a mass rally to commemorate the killing despite deadly bus bombings.
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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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The murder of  a top Lebanese anti-terror investigator raises fears of heightened activity by al-Qaeda-related groups
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BEIRUT, Sept. 19 -- An anti-Syrian lawmaker and at least six other people were killed by a car bomb in a busy Beirut neighborhood Wednesday, only six days before parliament is to convene to begin electing a new president.
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BEIRUT, Nov. 23 -- Allies of a slain Lebanese Christian minister Pierre Gemayel transformed his funeral into protest, pulpit and show of force Thursday, as tens of thousands surged into downtown Beirut to vent their anger against a Syrian government they blamed for his assassination and to press demands at the heart of a crisis as pronounced as any since the end of Lebanon's 15-year civil war....
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Thousands of Lebanese chanting  anti-Syrian slogans flooded into streets around the home of  slain former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on Wednesday amid  mounting U.S.-led pressure on Syria to get out of Lebanon.
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Throngs of Lebanese came out for two opposing gatherings: Hizballah backers for the funeral of a slain militant suspected in hundreds of American deaths, and their pro-Western opponents to mark the assassination of an anti-Syrian former prime minister
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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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Exclusive: On the eve of the second anniversary of his father's murder, Saad Hariri talks with TIME about Syria's role in the crime, and Lebanon's grim political situation
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International pressure mounted on Syria  to ease its grip on Lebanon as stunned Lebanese prepared to  bury assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri on  Wednesday.