Beirut mourns dead press magnate
An unofficial day of mourning is being observed by people in Lebanon after a bomb attack that killed anti-Syrian newspaper owner and MP Gibran Tueni. Shops and businesses will remain closed for the day and all Beirut’s schools have been asked to call off lessons. Amid rising political tension, Syrian loyalists in the cabinet withdrew after the PM called for a UN probe into this and a string of similar attacks. Full Story