Aftermath of car bomb blast that killed a former Lebanese Prime Minster. (AP)
Blast Kills Former Lebanese Prime Minister Story aired: Monday, February 14, 2005
A massive bomb explosion powerful enough to blast a 30-foot crater in the streets of downtown Beirut killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafkik Hariri. At least nine others also died and more than a hundred people were injured.
Hariri was a billionaire who served as prime minister for ten years. He is credited with helping to rebuild a country shattered by civil war.
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Rami Khouri is editor for the English-language Daily Star newspaper in Beirut.
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