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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/19/AR2007091900711_pf.html
Anti-Syrian Lawmaker Killed in Beirut Blast
[Washington Post] Alia Ibrahim and Nora Boustany - An anti-Syrian lawmaker and at least six other people were killed by a car bomb in Beirut Wednesday. Antoine Ghanem, 64, a member of the Christian Phalange party, was the eighth anti-Syrian figure killed in Lebanon in the past three years. Fifty-six people were injured in the blast. Members of Lebanon's governing coalition blamed the killing on Syria. Ghanem's death brought the number of seats held by the anti-Syrian governing coalition down to 68 in the 128-seat legislature.