<html><div style='background-color:'><P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Ghassan Tueni announced today that he will sue the Syrian ambassador to the UN Faysal Mekdad in US courts for the comment he made yesterday.</SPAN></P>
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From: <I>"Loai Naamani" <loai@mit.edu></I><BR>To: <I>"'LCM Articles'" <lebanon-articles@mit.edu></I><BR>Subject: <I>[LCM Articles] Mekdad at U.N. Calls Murdered Writer a Dog, The New York Sun</I><BR>Date: <I>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:13:31 -0500</I><BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">... ""So now every time that a dog dies in Beirut there will be an</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">international investigation?" Mr. Mekdad said to an Arab diplomat during a</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">closed-door council session, according to a diplomat who heard the</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">conversation but asked to remain anonymous"<BR>– Syrian at U.N. Calls Murdered Writer a Dog, The New York Sun<BR><BR><A href="http://www.nysun.com/article/24403?page_no=1">http://www.nysun.com/article/24403?page_no=1</A></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV><BR>
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