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Car bomb kills anti-Syrian MP in Beirut

By Ferry Biedermann in Beirut

Published: December 12 2005 11:44 | Last updated: December 12 2005 11:44

A car bomb killed a prominent anti-Syrian Member of Parliament and editor of the Lebanese An-Nahar newspaper, Gebran Tueni, in a Christian suburb of Beirut on Monday morning.

Police said that a parked car filled with dynamite was remotely detonated as Mr Tueni drove past, killing all three in the vehicle and a pedestrian.

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