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UNITED NATIONS - The UN Security Council has approved plans for a special international court to try suspects in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, diplomats said.
The action by the 15-nation council, in the form of a letter to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, cleared the way for the plans to be submitted to the Lebanese government for its formal approval.
- REUTERS
