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Funeral of Slain Lebanese Premier Draws Huge Crowd

By Renee Montagne
Published February 15, 2005 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 20 years ago.

Tens of thousands of mourners turn out for the funeral procession of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Hariri was killed Monday when a bomb exploded in downtown Beirut. Nick Blanford of The Christian Science Monitor discusses the ceremony and the rally that followed.

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