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Journalist killed in Beirut blast

2 June, 2005

A car bomb in a residential area of mostly Christian east Beirut has killed a prominent newspaper journalist.

Security sources said Samir Qasir of the al-Nahar newspaper died instantly in the blast outside his home in the Ashrafiyeh neighbourhood.

Mr Qasir was known as a supporter of Lebanon's anti-Syrian opposition.

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Mr Qasir was a front-page columnist for al-Nahar, where he wrote angrily critical articles against the pro-Syrian Lebanese regime.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4602381.stm

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