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Minister Pierre Gemayel was assassinated by gunmen in Beirut on Tuesday.

His fatal shooting will certainly heighten the political tension in Lebanon, where the leading Muslim Shiite party Hezbollah has threatened to topple the government if he does not get a bigger say in Cabinet decision making.

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