IRAQI PM VISITS LEBANON
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri (L) receives his Iraqi counterpart Iyad Alawi upon arrival at Beirut Internation Airport. Sunday, July 25 , 2004..Alawi's visit to Lebanon is the first for him as prime minister to the country. Alawi's visit to Lebabon will last for three days. (UPI Photo/Mohammed Tawil)
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Hezbollah has taken heavy losses while backing regime forces in Syria, heightening concerns the Shiite movement's heading for a showdown with Sunni jihadists.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon expressed outrage when a tabloid newspaper in Beirut published instructions given to witnesses in its investigation.
The political crisis in Lebanon worsened following Friday's political bombshell when Prime Minister Najib Mikati resigned.
A tribunal judge said he delayed the trail against Hezbollah suspects implicated in the 2005 bombing that killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013.
As Lebanon marks the anniversary of the assassination of Rafik Hariri, his allies still face the threat of assassination amid political turmoil.
Islamist militant cells linked to al Qaida appear to be proliferating in Lebanon, spurred in large part by the growing presence of Sunni hard-liners in Syria.
Bulgaria's allegation that Hezbollah was behind a deadly bus bombing last summer has intensified international pressure on the Iran-backed group.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013.
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