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The U.N. is seeking to break a deadlock over a tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri — which triggered the country’s worst political crisis in decades. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced on Friday he was sending chief U.N. legal counsel Nicholas Michel to Beirut to initiate a dialogue and answer legal concerns over the international court. Michel said he would arrive on Tuesday and stay as long as needed. Full Story