Britain holds fire on Syria over Lebanon killing
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Britain refused to point the finger at Syria for the death of Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel, amid Tony Blair's efforts to involve Damascus in bringing peace to the wider Middle East.
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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, revived fears that factional violence could spiral.
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Lebanon's most prominent anti-Syrian leader said on Wednesday he expected Damascus to assassinate more politicians after the shooting of a Christian minister raised fears of a new spasm of factional violence.
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Some 2,500 mourners chanted anti-Syrian slogans on Thursday at the funeral of a Lebanese legislator killed in a car bomb attack that increased tension with Damascus and deepened Lebanon's political crisis.
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transporting them was bombarded by US forces, an aide to a French MP aiming to help free them has said. Christian Chesnot to Syria on Friday but was delayed by the firing.
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World leaders condemned the killing on Tuesday of a Lebanese Christian cabinet minister, with Western powers vowing to do their utmost to prevent the collapse of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's unsteady government.
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BEIRUT, 4 September 2004 - Lebanese MPs bowed to Syrian pressure yesterday and approved a constitutional amendment giving pro-Damascus President Emile Lahoud another three years in office, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to
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A gunman attacks a Syrian checkpoint near the border with Lebanon, Lebanese media reports say.
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Mideast diplomats were pressing Syria to stop backing Hezbollah as the guerrillas fired more deadly rockets onto Israel's third-largest city Sunday. Israel faced tougher-than-expected ground battles and bombarded targets in southern Lebanon, hitting a convoy of refugees.
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EIN ALAQ, Lebanon -- Bomb blasts killed three people on commuter buses yesterday, 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.
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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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Lebanese opposition leaders blamed Syria  for the assassination of Rafik al-Hariri and mourners attacked  Syrians with sticks and stones in the former prime minister's  hometown in south Lebanon Tuesday.
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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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Attacks that have targeted prominent Lebanese, most of them opponents of Syria:
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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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Anti-Syrian Lebanese MP among at least four people killed in Beirut explosion, according to reports.
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Pierre Gemayel, scion of Lebanon's most prominent Christian family and a leading opponent of Syria, was gunned down Tuesday in a brazen daytime hit. The assassination threatened to intensify Lebanon's power struggle between the U.S.-allied government and the Syrian-backed Hezbollah.