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Lebanon in crisis

Beirut car bomb kills anti-Syrian lawmaker

By Ferry Biedermann in Beirut

Published: September 19 2007 18:35 | Last updated: September 19 2007 18:35

A car bomb killed an anti-Syrian Lebanese lawmaker and at least six other people in Beirut on Wednesday, just six days before parliament was due to elect a new president.

Antoine Ghanem of the Christian Phalange Party was the second government MP killed in a bomb attack in the capital this year.

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