LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER KILLED BY HELICOPTER BOMB
Lebanon's Prime Minister Rashid Karami
died from injuries after a bomb exploded in a helicopter flying
him to Beirut to the northern port of Tripoli, official sources
said.
    They said Karami, 66, died at a hospital in the Christian
town of Byblos north of Beirut.
    The bomb, which exploded under Karami's seat, also injured
Interior Minister Abdallah al-Rassi and the pilot, who made a
forced landing.
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