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CHRONOLOGY-Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing

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Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Feb 13 (Reuters) - Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed on Feb. 14, 2005, along with 22 others. Feb 28 2005 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigns March 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells his parliament Syrian troops will start phased pullout from Lebanon. April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon. June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car. June 16 - U.N. investigation into Hariri's killing starts. June 19 - Lebanese parliamentary elections end in victory for anti-Syrian alliance led by Hariri's son Saad al-Hariri. June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car. Oct 20 - U.N. investigators say high-ranking Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies were involved in Hariri's killing, in report to U.N. Security Council. Syria denies it. Dec 12 - Gebran Tueni, anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car bomb near Beirut. July 12, 2006 - Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers in cross-border raid, setting off 34-day war in which Israel kills about 1,200 people in Lebanon. Nov 11 - Five pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim ministers from Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal movement, resign after collapse of all-party talks on giving their camp more say in government. Nov 21 - Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is killed by gunmen. U.N. Security Council approves plans for tribunal to try suspects in assassination of Hariri and subsequent attacks. Dec 1 - Hezbollah, Amal and supporters of Christian leader Michel Aoun camp outside Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's office in Beirut in open-ended campaign to topple the government. Jan 25, 2007 - Aid conference in Paris pledges more than $7.6 billion to help Lebanon recover from the war with Israel. Feb 13 - Three people are killed in two bomb blasts near a Christian village northeast of Beirut. June 13 - Anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido and five other people killed by a car bomb near a Beirut beach club. Sept 2 - Lebanese troops seize complete control of Nahr al-Bared camp after months of fighting Fatah al-Islam militants which kills over 420 people, including 168 soldiers, in the worst internal violence since the civil war. Sept 19 - Car bomb in Beirut kills anti-Syrian Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem and 6 other people. Nov 23 - Lahoud leaves presidential palace at end of his term, no successor has been elected. Next day Siniora says his cabinet is assuming executive powers in the absence of a president. Dec 5 - Speaker Berri says rival Lebanese leaders have agreed on General Michel Suleiman as president, though parliament has yet to elect him. Dec 12 - Car bomb kills Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, the army's head of operations, and a bodyguard in a Christian town east of Beirut. Jan 15, 2008 - Car bomb in Christian area of Beirut kills at least 3 people and wounds 16, damages a U.S. embassy car and destroys others. Jan 25 - Wisam Eid, a captain in a Lebanese police intelligence unit, is killed by a bomb blast in mainly Christian east Beirut. At least five other people are killed. Feb 9 - Parliament Speaker Berri says the presidential election has been postponed to Feb. 26, the 14th delay in the vote. Feb 11 - Three army officers and 16 soldiers are charged over the killing of seven opposition protesters on Jan. 27. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)

 

 

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