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Two Rival Funerals in Beirut, Hezbollah Declares 'Open War'

There were two competing funerals today in Beirut, Lebanon. One, for former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , assassinated three years ago. The second, for Imad Mughnieh, the Hezbollah leader gunned down Tuesday in Damascus, Syria. Nicholas Blanford covered both of today's events for the Christian Science Monitor .

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

There were two competing funerals today in Beirut, Lebanon. One, for former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, assassinated three years ago. The second, for Imad Mughnieh, the Hezbollah leader gunned down Tuesday in Damascus, Syria. Nicholas Blanford covered both of today's events for the Christian Science Monitor.

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