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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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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Science Monitor

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Barack, the Candidate, and Obama Mania
    1. 1:39Two Rival Funerals in Beirut, Hezbollah Declares 'Open War'You’re reading this
    2. 7:44Barack Obama: The Phenomenon and the Candidate
    3. 41:36US Decides to Shoot Down a Deaf Spy Satellite
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