ISLAMABAD: In India Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad on Saturday stunned everyone by saying that the Congress was as much responsible as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the demolition of the Babri mosque in 1992. After blaming the BJP and its senior leader L.K. Advani for demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, Railway Minister Lalu Prasad said that the Congress was also responsible for the razing of the 16th century mosque, an Indian television channel reported. "The BJP and its leader L K Advani, who is dreaming of becoming the next prime minister, were mainly responsible for demolition of the mosque, but the Congress cannot escape for its failure to protect it", Lalu said. The RJD chief had told an election meeting in Darbhanga constituency Friday that the Congress was also responsible for demolition of the mosque along with the BJP. He on Saturday said that if the Congress had wanted, it could have prevented the mosque's demolition.
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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