Lebanon Marks Anniversary of Hariri Assassination

February 14, 2007

Five time prime minister Rafiq Hariri was assassinated in a massive truck bomb on February 14, 2005 that also killed 22 other people. Thousands of government supporters turned out in Beirut's Martyrs' Square to mark the anniversary. Opposition supporters have held a sit-in in the same square since early December. Leaders of both camps have called for calm in a country deeply rattled by political and sectarian crisis. A voiced report. (c) 2006 AFP