Hariri murder trial opens in The Hague
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Former Lebanese prime minister #Rafik_Hariri was on his way home for lunch when a van full of explosives equivalent to 2.5 tons of TNT detonated as his armored convoy passed in downtown Beirut. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi) Former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri was on his way home for lunch when a van full of explosives equivalent to 2.5 tons of TNT detonated as his armored convoy passed in downtown Beirut. (Photo: Haitham Moussawi)
The trial in absentia of four Hezbollah members accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri in 2005 opens at a UN-backed court on Thursday. Nine years after the huge Beirut car bombing killed billionaire Hariri, leading to the exit of Syrian troops from Lebanon, and three years (...)