COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapakse condemned Tuesday's attack against the country's national cricket squad in Pakistan, his office here said."I condemn this cowardly terrorist attack targeting the Sri Lankan cricket team," Rajapakse said in a message sent from Nepal, where he is on an official visit."The Sri Lankan players had gone to Pakistan as ambassadors of goodwill."The president did not say who he believed was behind the attack.
BEIRUT: Thousands of people converged Saturday on central Beirut to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri.Waving Lebanese flags and carrying pictures of the slain leader, men, women and children gathered under sunny skies in Martyr's Square where members of the parliamentary majority were to address the crowd. The rally comes as final preparations are underway in The Hague for the launch of the international tribunal set up to bring Hariri's killers to justice. It also comes as the country prepares for legislative elections in June that will pit Western-backed political parties against a Hezbollah-led alliance backed by Syria and Iran.Hariri died in a massive car bombing on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 others. The assassination was widely blamed on then Lebanese power-broker Syria, which has denied any involvement. The attack on the Beirut seafront was one of the worst acts of political violence to rock Lebanon since t...
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