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Pressure Mounts on Syria After Bombing

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By Eric Weiner

Published February 16, 2005 at 12:00 AM EST

More than 150,000 people attended the funeral of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed along with 14 others in a bombing earlier his week. Many Lebanese blame Syria for the assassination and the U.S. has withdrawn its ambassador to Damascus. NPR's Eric Weiner reports.

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Eric Weiner is a national correspondent for NPR.org. Based in Washington, DC, he writes news and analysis for NPR's website.

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