CHRONOLOGY-Events in Lebanon since Hariri's killing
Feb 14 (Reuters) - Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri was killed on Feb. 14, 2005, along with 22 others.
Feb. 28, 2005 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigns.
March 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells his parliament Syrian troops will start phased pullout from Lebanon.
April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.
June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.
June 16 - U.N. investigation into Hariri's killing starts.
June 19 - Lebanese parliamentary elections end in victory for anti-Syrian alliance led by Hariri's son Saad al-Hariri.
June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.
Oct. 20 - U.N. investigators say high-ranking Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies were involved in Hariri's killing, in report to U.N. Security Council. Syria denies it.
Dec. 12 - Gebran Tueni, anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car bomb near Beirut.
July 12, 2006 - Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers in cross-border raid, setting off 34-day war in which Israel kills about 1,200 people in Lebanon.
Nov. 11 - Five pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim ministers from Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal movement, resign after collapse of all-party talks on giving their camp more say in government.
Nov. 21 - Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is killed by gunmen. U.N. Security Council approves plans for tribunal to try suspects in assassination of Hariri and subsequent attacks.
Dec. 1 - Hezbollah, Amal and supporters of Christian leader Michel Aoun camp outside Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's office in Beirut in campaign to topple the government.
Jan. 25, 2007 - Aid conference in Paris pledges more than $7.6 billion to help Lebanon recover from the war with Israel.
Feb. 13 - Three people are killed in two bomb blasts near a Christian village northeast of Beirut.
June. 13 - Anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido and five other people killed by a car bomb near a Beirut beach club.
Sept. 2 - Lebanese troops seize complete control of Nahr al-Bared camp after months of fighting Fatah al-Islam militants which kills over 420 people, including 168 soldiers, in the worst internal violence since the civil war.
Sept. 19 - Car bomb in Beirut kills anti-Syrian Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem and 6 other people.
Nov. 23 - Lahoud leaves presidential palace at end of his term, no successor has been elected. Next day Siniora says cabinet assumes executive powers in the absence of a president.
Dec. 5 - Speaker Berri says rival Lebanese leaders have agreed on General Michel Suleiman as president, though parliament has yet to elect him.
Dec. 12 - Car bomb kills Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, the army's head of operations, and a bodyguard in a Christian town east of Beirut.
Jan. 15, 2008 - Car bomb in Christian area of Beirut kills at least 3 and damages a U.S. embassy car.
Jan. 25 - Wisam Eid, captain in Lebanese police intelligence unit, is killed by a bomb blast in mainly Christian east Beirut. At least five other people are killed.
Feb. 9 - Parliament Speaker Berri says the presidential election is postponed to Feb. 26, the 14th delay in the vote.
Feb. 11 - Three army officers and 16 soldiers are charged over the killing of seven opposition protesters on Jan. 27.
Feb. 14 - A rally by the anti-Syrian ruling coalition marks third anniversary of the killing of Hariri.
-- Lebanon's Hezbollah holds mass funeral for its assassinated commander Imad Moughniyah, one of the United States' most wanted men, in Beirut. He was killed in a bomb blast in Syria the day before. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
Feb. 28, 2005 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigns.
March 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells his parliament Syrian troops will start phased pullout from Lebanon.
April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.
June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.
June 16 - U.N. investigation into Hariri's killing starts.
June 19 - Lebanese parliamentary elections end in victory for anti-Syrian alliance led by Hariri's son Saad al-Hariri.
June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by a bomb in his car.
Oct. 20 - U.N. investigators say high-ranking Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies were involved in Hariri's killing, in report to U.N. Security Council. Syria denies it.
Dec. 12 - Gebran Tueni, anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car bomb near Beirut.
July 12, 2006 - Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers in cross-border raid, setting off 34-day war in which Israel kills about 1,200 people in Lebanon.
Nov. 11 - Five pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim ministers from Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal movement, resign after collapse of all-party talks on giving their camp more say in government.
Nov. 21 - Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is killed by gunmen. U.N. Security Council approves plans for tribunal to try suspects in assassination of Hariri and subsequent attacks.
Dec. 1 - Hezbollah, Amal and supporters of Christian leader Michel Aoun camp outside Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's office in Beirut in campaign to topple the government.
Jan. 25, 2007 - Aid conference in Paris pledges more than $7.6 billion to help Lebanon recover from the war with Israel.
Feb. 13 - Three people are killed in two bomb blasts near a Christian village northeast of Beirut.
June. 13 - Anti-Syrian parliamentarian Walid Eido and five other people killed by a car bomb near a Beirut beach club.
Sept. 2 - Lebanese troops seize complete control of Nahr al-Bared camp after months of fighting Fatah al-Islam militants which kills over 420 people, including 168 soldiers, in the worst internal violence since the civil war.
Sept. 19 - Car bomb in Beirut kills anti-Syrian Christian lawmaker Antoine Ghanem and 6 other people.
Nov. 23 - Lahoud leaves presidential palace at end of his term, no successor has been elected. Next day Siniora says cabinet assumes executive powers in the absence of a president.
Dec. 5 - Speaker Berri says rival Lebanese leaders have agreed on General Michel Suleiman as president, though parliament has yet to elect him.
Dec. 12 - Car bomb kills Brigadier General Francois al-Hajj, the army's head of operations, and a bodyguard in a Christian town east of Beirut.
Jan. 15, 2008 - Car bomb in Christian area of Beirut kills at least 3 and damages a U.S. embassy car.
Jan. 25 - Wisam Eid, captain in Lebanese police intelligence unit, is killed by a bomb blast in mainly Christian east Beirut. At least five other people are killed.
Feb. 9 - Parliament Speaker Berri says the presidential election is postponed to Feb. 26, the 14th delay in the vote.
Feb. 11 - Three army officers and 16 soldiers are charged over the killing of seven opposition protesters on Jan. 27.
Feb. 14 - A rally by the anti-Syrian ruling coalition marks third anniversary of the killing of Hariri.
-- Lebanon's Hezbollah holds mass funeral for its assassinated commander Imad Moughniyah, one of the United States' most wanted men, in Beirut. He was killed in a bomb blast in Syria the day before. (Writing by David Cutler, London Editorial Reference Unit)
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