Lebanon death 'may presage coup'
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The killing of a Lebanon minister could be the first step in a coup, a top US diplomat tells the BBC.
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Lebanon's Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated near Beirut on Tuesday, security sources said.
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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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BEIRUT, Lebanon -- The alleged top al-Qaida operative in Lebanon, who was captured last week in a security operation that broke up a terrorist network, died of a heart attack Monday, hospital and security officials said.
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Lebanon braced on Wednesday for a bitter power struggle after the assassination of an anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister which his allies blamed on Syria.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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BEIRUT, Oct 2  - The attempted assassination of a Lebanese politician opposed to Syria&#39;s domination of his country turned the spotlight on Saturday on UN Security Council for an end to foreign meddling in Beirut&#39;s affairs.
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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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A man is shot dead outside a Lebanese court in a killing that appears to stem from a clan vendetta.
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Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the building of the Lebanese general security at the border with Syria doubting the credibility of the report by the Lebanese authorities on the death of Ismail Muhammad al-Khatib suspected to be a member in al-Qaida
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Lebanon mourned on Thursday an anti-Syrian member of parliament whose assassination plunged the country deeper into crisis and threatened to derail efforts to elect a new president.
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The murder of an anti-Syrian Cabinet minister in Beirut raises tensions in Lebanon, where the government is already close to collapsing
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Lebanon's army urged feuding politicians to set aside their differences and strengthen the foundations of the nation on Friday at the funeral of an assassinated general.
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Senior Lebanese officials warned Tuesday that the country was entering a volatile period a day after the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.