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The Lebanese elections that ended on June 19 were supposed to herald a new era of independence from Syrian control. But the killing of another prominent anti-Syrian figure has overshadowed the opposition's success in securing a majority in the new parliament. George Hawi, a former secretary-general of...
The violence was triggered by the case of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, accused of treason against the state. His trial, exile to Devil's Island and exoneration have been retailed in countless volumes and films; the most celebrated, The Life of Emile Zola, won an Academy Award for best picture in...
Ironically, of the large cast, Captain Dreyfus is the least compelling. Framed by traitorous colleagues, he was at first incredulous, then hysterical and finally benumbed. His family and friends tirelessly protested his innocence, joined after two years by Emile Zola, the most famous and reviled writer of his time. The...
ASSASSINATED. SAMIR KASSIR, 45, prominent, outspoken Lebanese journalist and frequent critic of Syrian control in Lebanon; in a car bombing attack in Beirut. The first attack on a prominent Lebanese opposition figure since the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in February, it came less than a week after...
ASSASSINATED. SAMIR KASSIR, 45, outspoken Lebanese journalist and critic of Syrian control in Lebanon; in a car bombing in Beirut. The first attack on a prominent Lebanese opposition figure since the killing of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February, it came less than a week after the anti-Syrian...