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Antoine Ghanem, an anti-Syrian lawmaker, and four other people were killed in a car bombing in Beirut on Wednesday, plunging deeply divided Lebanon into further chaos days ahead of a crucial vote. He was the eighth member of the ruling anti-Syrian majority to be assassinated since the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Many have pointed the finger at Lebanon's neighbor and former power broker Syria, and the international community has described the attack as an overt bid to destabilize Lebanon ahead of the parliamentary vote next week to choose a new president. A news report on latest developments.
