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| Indictment issued in murder of ex-Lebanese leader Rafik Hariri Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:03 AM PDT A United Nations-backed tribunal does not name the four suspects it indicted in the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. But local media reports suggest all four are Lebanese nationals linked to Hezbollah, a militia and political party backed by Iran and Syria. A United Nations-backed tribunal issued a long-anticipated indictment Thursday in the 2005 truck-bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, a sensational killing that stoked sectarian tensions in the region.  |
| Britain's government workers stage 24-hour mass strike Posted: 30 Jun 2011 10:05 AM PDT Proposed cuts in state-sponsored pension plans spur hundreds of thousands of teachers, police, immigration workers and others to picket for a day. The walkout could be a sign of further industrial action this summer over deep cuts in British public spending. Hundreds of thousands of teachers, police workers, immigration officers and other government employees walked off the job across Britain on Thursday in a mass strike that could augur a summer of industrial action over deep cuts in public spending.  |
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