Focus in Lebanon assassination probe shifts as international tribunal opens in Netherlands (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
BEIRUT (AP) — Investigators have pored over evidence for four years — a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon, reams of phone records and hundreds of interviews.
Mahmoud Tawil, AP / (WHO-TV 13 Des Moines)
Supporters of Lebanese brothers Mahmoud and Ahmed Abdel-Al, gather outside the headquarters of the pro-Syrian Al-Ahbash group to celebrate their release in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009. Three men jailed for more than three years in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri were set free on bail on Wednesday, days before an international tribunal was to begin trying the …
Tribunal Set to Begin in Lebanese Killing (New York Times)
An inquiry in The Hague will examine the assassination in 2005 of a former Lebanese prime minister, who was a leading opponent of Syrian political control over his country.
Focus in Hariri assassination shifts to courtroom (Khaleej Times)
BEIRUT – Investigators have pored over evidence for four years a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon, reams of phone records and hundreds of interviews.
Lebanese prisoners stage drama (BBC News)
Lebanese prisoners stage a drama about justice for government and judicial officials, writes the BBC’s Natalia Antelava.
Int’l prosecutor promises Lebanese justice on Hariri case (People’s Daily)
The designated international prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daniel Bellemare promised the Lebanese people that criminals in the case of assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri will be brought to justice, local Naharnet website reported on Friday. In a letter to the Lebanese, a couple of days before the STL starts functioning on March 1 in the Hague, Bellemare said …
Rescuers’ jail hell in Beirut (The New Zealand Herald)
In 2006, four ex-soldiers helped in the high-profile rescue of two young girls kidnapped by their father and hidden in war-torn Lebanon. New Zealander David Pemberton and his team’s Australian leader were caught at the airport and…
U.N. court to ask Lebanon to hand over generals: report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The prosecutor in a U.N. court that hopes to try the murderers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri said he would ask Lebanon to hand over four generals held in connection with the case.
Focus in Hariri assassination shifts to courtroom (Boston Herald)
BEIRUT – Investigators have pored over evidence for four years – a human tooth found at the bombing site, a suicide truck that was stolen in Japan and made its way to Lebanon,…
