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Anti-Syrian politician assassinated in Lebanon.
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Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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November 21, 2006
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Byline: Liz Sly
BEIRUT, Lebanon _ Lebanese leaders appealed for calm Tuesday after the assassination of a prominent anti-Syrian Christian leader triggered calls for war among enraged Christians and pushed Lebanon's teetering government closer to the brink of collapse.
Pierre Gemayel, minister of industry in the U.S.-backed government and heir to the legacy of one of the country's most powerful and hardline Christian dynasties, died in a hail of bullets on a bu...
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