U.S., France Back U.N.’s Hariri Probe
The United States and France say they expect the Lebanese government to keep its promise and cooperate fully with a new international investigation into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. France’s U.N. Ambassador Jean-Marc de La Sabliere told reporters that Thursday’s unanimous Security Council approval of a resolution authorizing the investigation underlined how strongly the council “wants the truth to be established.”Full Story