Peace award for murdered politician

LEBANON’S former prime minister, the late Rafik Hariri, was yesterday named the 2005 Tipperary International Peace Award winner.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2006 - 00:00

Senan Hogan

Mr Hariri was assassinated in February.

The Tipperary Peace Convention, which has awarded the prize since 1984, said Mr Hariri’s career touched many aspects of Lebanese life as he was a courageous man of peace.

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