U.N. tribunal created for former Lebanese PM case

Hello! I’m Kristin Volk with a UPI Headline Update on this Thursday, May 31, 2007.

A special tribunal is being created to deal with the suspected killers of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. The U.N. Security Council voted to move ahead with the trial yesterday which will begin June 10. Hariri and 22 other people died in a suicide car bombing in Beirut two years ago. In April 2005, a U.N. mission found that Lebanon’s inquiry into the Prime Minister’s assassination was flawed.

Thirteen people are dead today in an attack in Pakistan. That’s after unknown assailants fired guns, rockets and hand grenades at the home of a senior Pakistani government official. The attack apparently targeted the official, but he survived. There’s no word yet on who was behind the attack.

A U.S. helicopter crashed in Afghanistan last night killing all seven people aboard. The crew consisted of five Americans and two military passengers. Preliminary reports say the chopper was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade. NATO officials say the team that responded to the crash was ambushed. There are claims that militants shot the helicopter down.

The search continues for those fliers at risk for tuberculosis. Health officials in North America and Europe are looking for about 80 people who sat near a man infected with a dangerous, drug-resistant form of the disease. Authorities also say the man took a number of flights within Europe earlier this month. Those passengers are trying to be located. The man reportedly took these flights for a wedding and honeymoon. He’s now under quarantine.

That’s all for now. Check out upi.com tomorrow for our weekly wrap-up from the White House.

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