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January 18, 2011

Prosecutors Issue Draft Indictments in Hariri Probe 
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International prosecutors have issued draft indictments in their probe
of the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq
al-Hariri. The contents of the indictments remain under seal and may not
emerge for another six weeks. Lebanon's national unity government
collapsed last week after Hezbollah-tied officials quit their cabinet
posts in protest of the Lebanese government's ties to the probe and the
rumored indictments of Hezbollah members. Hezbollah has denied
involvement in Hariri's assassination and denounced the tribunal as a
tool of the United States.



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