Thursday, November 26, 2009 BERSHIBA: A Weston man was severely injured in the center of town Thursday after he was hit by an elderly driver while walking across Rte. 27. Michael Selame was rushed to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston with what Walpole public safety officials are calling “serious injuries.”The accident occurred just after noontime Thursday, Nov. 19 according to police reports, when 90-year-old Beatrice Abramowitz, of Norton, drove through the intersection of Rtes. 1A and 27 before hitting Selame.Police said the 26-year-old pedestrian took the brunt of the hit on his right leg. The force of the strike sent him airborne, they said, slamming him onto the hood and windshield of Abramowitz’ Chrysler Pacifica. Abramowitz then swerved to the right, smashing into a utility pole at the Rte. 27 entrance to the Main Street Shopping Plaza, according to responding officers and fire officials.The turn threw Selame from the top of the car, police said, causing him to roll 24 feet to the side of the road after hitting the ground.Deputy Police Chief Scott Bushway said Selame was taken into Boston with “serious injuries.” Responding officers noted the most severe injuries were sustained to Selame’s head and the right side of his body.
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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