InFocus | Hariri Murder Probe
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Sunday May 3
UN envoy to push for Hariri tribunal
The UN is seeking to break a deadlock over a tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri - which triggered the country's worst political crisis in decades.
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Sunday May 3
Hariri panel is coming, says French foreign minister
France's new foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, said that Paris would continue to snub Syria because it did not believe Damascus respected Lebanon's autonomy.
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Sunday May 3
Anti-Syrian majority asks UN to impose Hariri tribunal
Parliament's anti-Syrian majority has called on the UN to impose an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri after the government failed to win opposition support for its creation.
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Sunday May 3
Bomb injures Hariri probe official
A senior Lebanese intelligence officer was seriously wounded and two military policemen accompanying him were killed by a bomb that exploded in their car near the southern city of Sidon on Tuesday, security sources said.
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Sunday May 3
'Blast aimed at security forces'
A remote-controlled bomb wounded a senior police intelligence officer on Tuesday and killed four aides and bodyguards in south Lebanon in an apparent assassination attempt, said security officials.
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Sunday May 3
Syria: Time not right for embassy in Beirut
Syria, facing serious accusations of interference and facilitating insurgency from its three Arab neighbours, said yesterday it was too early to establish diplomatic ties with Lebanon.
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Sunday May 3
US seizes assets of Syrian military chief
The United States has frozen the American assets of a Syrian military intelligence chief, accusing him of contributing to terrorism in the region.
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Sunday May 3
Investigators seek Bashar meeting
UN investigators probing the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri have said they want to interview Syrian president Bashar Al Assad
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Sunday May 3
Belgian lawyer takes over inquiry
A Belgian prosecutor with the International Criminal Court was named yesterday as head of the UN investigation into the death of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri.
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Sunday May 3
Rice demands Syria cooperate
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is threatening to bring Syria before the UN Security Council unless it cooperates with an investigation the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
