At Least Five People Killed In Suspected Car Bomb Attack In Beirut As Syria's Civil War Continues To Spread To Its Neighbour -- Daily Mail
* The explosion rocked the Shiite Hezbollah stronghold in the Lebanese city
* Twenty people were also wounded and cars were set on fire in the attack
* It comes a week after a car bombing killed a prominent Sunni politician
At least five people have been killed during Beirut's rush hour today in a suspected car bomb as Syria’s civil war continues to spread to neighbouring Lebanon.
The explosion rocked a stronghold of the Shiite Hezbollah group in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, setting cars ablaze and sending a column of black smoke above the city skyline.
The nature of the explosion that hit the Haret Hreik neighbourhood was not immediately clear, but a Lebanese security official said it appeared to be caused by a car bomb.
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Thai election commission seeks talks to end political crisis.
China slams US transfer of Uighurs from Guantanamo.
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Japan minister follows Abe to war shrine, pouring salt on wound for China.
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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Italian navy rescues 233 migrants south of Sicily.
AMERICAS
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