Lebanon's crisis seems to worsen

Lebanon’s deepening political crisis worsened today, with ministers in the anti-Syrian government fearing for their lives after an assassination of one of their own, businesses on strike and all sides ignoring calls for a negotiated resolution.

Beirut was tense after several hundred supporters of the pro-Syrian Hezbollah briefly took to the streets the night before, burning tyres and blocking the road to the airport before Hezbollah’s leader ordered them home.