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UN-backed court indicts 5th suspect in 2005 slaying of former Lebanese prime minister Hariri

A United Nations-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri has indicted a fifth suspect in the notorious slaying, the court announced Thursday.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon unsealed an indictment against Hassan Habib Merhi, a Lebanese man described in the indictment as a supporter of the Shiite group Hezbollah, on charges including terrorism and intentional homicide for his alleged role in the Feb. 14, 2005, suicide truck bombing that killed Hariri, 21 others and the bomber.Prosecutors accuse Merhi of plotting the attack and organizing a false claim of responsibility afterwards to shield the perpetrators.The indictment was confirmed July 31 and sent to Lebanese authorities a week later along with a warrant for Merhi's arrest, but he has not yet been detained.Tribunal President, Judge Sir David Baragwanath, called on Lebanese authorities to "reinvigorate and intensify their efforts to apprehend" Merhi and the tribunal will also lau...

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  1. Singer Wadih Safi, who spread Lebanese dialect throughout Arab world, dies

    Lebanese singer and composer Wadih Safi, whose strong, clear voice propelled him to fame throughout the Arab world, has died at the age of 92.Safi, whose real name w...

  2. Hezbollah fighters clash with residents of eastern Lebanese city, 2 militants killed

    Lebanese security officials say Hezbollah fighters have exchanged fire with residents of the eastern city of Baalbek in clashes that left two militants dead.The offi...

  3. Lebanon troops in Hezbollah stronghold after clashes

    Lebanese soldiers took over security checkpoints manned by Hezbollah in the party's eastern stronghold of Baalbek Sunday, a day after a Shiite-Sunni shootout killed ...

  4. Hezbollah head hails army deployment in Beirut bastion

    Lebanon's army on Monday deployed in Hezbollah's southern Beirut stronghold taking over checkpoints in a deal struck with the Shiite group which has stood accused of...

  5. Smugglers behind Lebanese asylum-seekers deaths of Java

    Lebanese asylum-seekers who died when a boat sank off Indonesia were the victims of people smugglers who prey on them and Syrian refugees seeking to better their liv...

  6. Explosion heard in Beirut , Mount Lebanon ; soldiers investigating cause

    Lebanese security officials say hundreds of troops are conducting search operations in Mount Lebanon after an explosion was heard in the area.The officials say the n...

  7. Lebanese authorities say death toll from car bomb in south Beirut suburb rises to 22

    Lebanon's interior minister says the death toll from the powerful car bomb that struck a south Beirut suburb has risen to 22.Marwan Charbel also says that officials ...

  8. US orders diplomats out of Lebanon amid debate on Syria

    The State Department on Friday ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to leave Lebanon due to security concerns as the Obama administration and Congress debate military...

  9. Lebanese army to deploy in Hezbollah Beirut bastion

    Lebanese troops are to take over security at checkpoints set up by the Hezbollah movement in their southern Beirut stronghold after two bombings, the interior minist...

  10. 29 Lebanese missing after asylum boat sinks off Java

    At least 29 Lebanese asylum-seekers are missing after their boat capsized off Indonesia on its way to Australia, the Lebanese foreign ministry said Saturday.Indonesi...

  11. Top security official among 8 killed in Beirut car bomb, Lebanon's deadliest attack in years

    A powerful car bomb tore through the heart of Beirut's Christian sector Friday, killing a top security official and seven others in a devastating attack that threate...

  12. Lebanon arrests 3 people in connection with kidnapping of 2 Turkish Airlines pilots

    Lebanon's state news agency says authorities have arrested three people in connection with last week's kidnapping of two Turkish Airlines pilots in Beirut.The Nation...

  1. In Lebanon , refugee Syrian children work to survive

    Fifteen-year-old Haitham, a Syrian refugee in the Lebanese capital, starts his day at 7:00 am, but instead of carting school books, he is stocking the shelves of a s...

  2. Syrian refugees in Lebanon compete for jobs, aggravating social tensions in country

    Along busy Hamra street in west Beirut, Syrians fleeing their country's civil war have opened up scores of shops that compete with older ones run by Lebanese already...

  3. As Syrian refugee influx into Lebanon swells, backlash is burdened by historical baggage

    Last year, as Syrian refugees were pouring in, signs started going up in Lebanese towns and villages imposing nighttime curfews and warning the newcomers to stay awa...

  4. Restaurant in Lebanon gives discount to diners who leave cell phones at the door

    Bedivere Eatery & Tavern wants people to socialize, not talk on the phone, when sharing a meal.According to a Reddit post , the restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon said it...

  5. Lebanon charges 13 in case of Turkish pilots' kidnapping in Beirut

    Lebanon's state-run news agency says a Lebanese prosecutor has charged 13 people in connection with the kidnapping of two Turkish Airlines pilots in Beirut.Most of t...

  6. Syrian refugees fleeing Egypt's turmoil risk their lives on sea voyage to Europe

    A human rights lawyer from central Syria and an amateur soccer player from Syria's Mediterranean port of Latakia found their fates colliding just off Egypt's coastli...

  7. Hezbollah hands over 2 checkpoints to Lebanese army after deadly shootout in eastern city

    Lebanese security officials say Hezbollah has handed over control of two checkpoints in an eastern city to the country's army.The move Sunday comes a day after a gun...

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