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WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration recalled the U.S. ambassador to Syria on Tuesday to protest what it sees as Syria's role in the murder of the former prime minister of Lebanon, as violent anti-Syrian protests erupted in Beirut and several other Lebanese cities.
At the United Nations, the administration also demanded that Syria withdraw its troops from Lebanon, and the Security Council called for an urgent investigation into the killing of the former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, who died Monday with several others -- media reports range from nine to 16 -- when a huge car bomb blew up his motorcade in downtown Beirut.See the full content of this document
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U.S. Recalls Its Ambassador to Syria
Investigators in Lebanon said they had come to no conclusion yet as to who carried out the attack. But Lebanese opposition leaders joined with the Bush administration in linking Syria to the bombing.
Hariri, a billionaire developer, was the central figure in the country's reconstruction after a devastating 15-year civil war that ended in...See the full content of this document
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