BEIRUT - Former Lebanese minister Bassel Fleihan died on Monday in a French hospital from wounds sustained in the February blast that killed ex-premier Rafiq Hariri in Beirut, the Hariri TV television station said. Fleihan, 42, died in a military hospital near Paris where he had been taken with serious burns immediately after the February 14 bombing in Beirut, the television reported before interrupting programs to play classical music.His death brings the toll from the blast to 20, including Hariri.A tent had been set up on Beirut

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Najib Mikati, a pro-Syrian, chosen with opposition support. BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Pro-Syrian Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has named former government minister Najib Mikati as prime minister-designate.Mikati, also pro-Syrian, has garnered the support of the anti-Syrian Lebanese opposition by vowing to fire the nation's security chiefs in the wake of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's assassination.He promised to act in a fair and transparent manner during the process of forming a new government and called the opposition's backing of him a "wise decision." "We should take advantage of this opportune moment and deal seriously our difficult times," Mikati told reporters shortly after his appointment was made public.