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  • Lebanon Mourns Murdered Minister Gemayel, Prepares For Burial

    11/22/2006 6:38:43 AM PST · by NYer · 29 replies · 2,533+ views
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    BEIRUT (AP)--With Independence Day celebrations canceled, Lebanon was engulfed in fear and gloom Wednesday as it prepared to bury Cabinet minister and Christian leader Pierre Gemayel, following his assassination on Tuesday. Schools and shops were closed and traffic was light as Gemayel's coffin, draped in the flag of his Phalange Party, was driven to the family's home in Bikfaya for mourning ceremonies before the funeral scheduled for Thursday. A small crowd of mourners, some carrying Lebanese flags, walked slowly behind the vehicle carrying the coffin. Gemayel, minister of industry and scion of a prominent political family, was killed Tuesday when...