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Lebanese MP warns of more assassinations

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August 14, 2005

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BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. 14 (UPI) — A Lebanese opposition Parliament member warned Sunday that four more leaders, including himself, will face assassination …

UN to question Syrians over Hariri death

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August 13, 2005

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BEIRUT (Reuters) - A United Nations investigator intends to question Syrian officials directly as part of a probe into the killing six months ago of Lebanese former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, a U.N. official said on Saturday. Detlev Mehlis will also probably ask for more time than the designated three months to complete his findings, the official said. "Detlev Mehlis needs to directly interview Syrian officials concerned. He needs to visit Syria for this purpose," U.N. spokesman Najib Friji told Reuters. "The Syrians have agreed in principle to cooperate with Mehlis but he has yet to receive an official Syrian response to visit the country." Mehlis, a veteran German prosecutor, is leading a 50-member team investigating the February 14 bombing that killed Hariri and 20 others in Beirut, throwing Lebanon into its worst crisis since the end of the 1975-1990 civil war. Many Lebanese hold Syria, which controlled Lebanese politics and security in the 15 years following the end of the civil war, at least indirectly responsible for Hariri's killing. Damascus denies any role but withdrew its troops from Lebanon in April, ending a 29-year military presence amid mass anti-Syrian street protests and intense international pressure. The U.N. Security Council ordered the investigation, which began in mid-June, after a U.N. fact-finding mission found Lebanon's own inquiry to be "seriously flawed."

WYD 2005: Mexican-Lebanese youths in Cologne and in search of their roots

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August 12, 2005

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Before the big meeting in Germany, the youths have been invited to visit their country of origin to discover the message inherent in cohabitation between Muslims and Christians. Beirut (AsiaNews)

Lebanese Arrest Muslim Cleric

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August 11, 2005

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By JOE PANOSSIAN, Associated Press Writer, BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Lebanese police have arrested Omar Bakri, the Islamic cleric who is being investigated in Britain for his remarks on the London bombings, security officials said Thursday. The officials refused to say when and where Bakri was arrested. But the local Future TV channel reported that he was arrested Thursday as he left after giving an interview at its building in western Beirut. The station said Bakri was told that the General Security department wants to question him about "information regarding his entry into Lebanon." In London, the Foreign Office said there was no British connection to the detention and no warrant for Bakri's arrest. Britain's Home Office declined to say whether it had lodged an extradition request. However, such a move was considered unlikely as the government had been considering how to deport or bar Bakri from Britain. Bakri is regarded as an Islamic extremist in Britain, where he has lived for 20 years. He left on Saturday and flew to Lebanon to see his mother. "Enjoy your holiday -- make it a long one," British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott said Tuesday when asked about Bakri at a news conference. Bakri had told the British Broadcasting Corp. that he plans to return after six weeks, but he would not return if the government told him he would not be welcome. "Good," Prescott said when told that. The cleric founded the now-disbanded radical Islamic group al-Muhajiroun, which came under scrutiny in Britain, particularly after some of its members praised the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.