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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>One of Hariri's senior bodyguards and
officials at the American University in Beirut hospital confirmed Hariri's death
to CNN.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>The hospital, which said it had seen
another nine bodies and more than 100 injuries, said Hariri was dead on
arrival.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>Former Economy Minister Basil
Fuleihan, riding in the motorcade, was critically wounded, Reuters
reported.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>Witnesses reported seeing at least 10
bodies on the scene of Monday's explosion, which caused widespread
destruction.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>There has been no claim of
responsibility for the blast.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>Hariri, 60, a multi-billionaire
businessman who resigned from government last October, recently joined calls by
the opposition for Syria to quit Lebanon in the run-up to general elections in
May, Reuters reported.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>Hariri served as prime minister from
1992-98 and again from 2000 until his resignation after parliament amended the
Lebanese constitution to extend Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud's term by
three years. Lahoud had been set to leave office last November.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>At least six fires were burning in
the immediate aftermath of the blast, which took place at shortly after 1 p.m.
(1100 GMT).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#eaeaea size=2>The powerful blast took place in
front of the five-star hotels St. George and Phoenicia-Intercontinental in the
Lebanese capital's famed Cornische overlooking the Mediterranean
Sea.</FONT></DIV>
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