A coalition of Lebanese groups, angered by the recent assassination of a prominent anti-Syrian journalist, called today for the ousting of Lebanon’s pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud.

Anti-Syrian candidates appeared to be heading to victory in the last round of elections in northern Lebanon, early election results showed.

Pro-Syrian Omar Karami was reappointed Lebanese premier today – a move destined to increase the protests in the streets of Beirut.

LEBANON mourned assassinated former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri yesterday as opposition leaders bluntly implicated Syria in an attack that Lebanese authorities said might have been a suicide bombing.