The leadership of Syria’s main opposition bloc in exile, the Syrian National Council, has become an all-male affair after elections failed to promote a single woman to a decision-making group of 41.

Legislator Bassel Fleihan died in a Paris hospital today from wounds sustained in the February 14 bombing that killed former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Lebanese television reported.

RAFIK HARIRI, a billionaire who helped rebuild his country after decades of war but resigned as Lebanese prime minister last fall after a sharp dispute with Syria, was killed yesterday in a massive bomb explosion that tore through his motorcade.