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More Bodies Pulled From Egyptian Bomb Sites

POSTED: 7:24 pm CDT July 22, 2005
UPDATED: 12:56 pm CDT July 23, 2005

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Lebanon Attacks Follow Rice's Visit

Authorities in Lebanon said at least a dozen people have been wounded by a bomb in an area of restaurants and bars just hours after a visit by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

The blast was from a bomb placed near a car parked in front of a restaurant. It panicked the hundreds of people dining or smoking water pipes in the bustling sidewalk cafes on the popular, narrow street.

Lebanon has seen a string of bomb assassinations of politicians and other figures in recent months -- almost all opponents of Syria.

Lebanon's tourism minister said Friday's attack was a "message"to the new government, announced this week and dominated by anti-Syrian ministers. The minister said the blast aimed to shake security and scare off the thousands of tourists, mainly from oil-rich Gulf countries.