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Lebanon OKs Special Court for Assassination Trials

Lebanon's government approves plans for a special international court to try suspects in connection with the assassination of Rafik al-Hariri, the nation's late prime minister.

In the country's latest political crisis, Lebanon's Interior Minister Pierre Gemayel was gunned down earlier this week.

Host Debbie Elliott talks with Washington Post reporter Anthony Shadid in Beirut.

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