Opposition gunmen seize control of Hariri's media empire
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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Militants allied with the opposition on Friday forced the shutdown of all media operations belonging to the family of majority leader and billionaire tycoon Saad Hariri. The closure - which came as opposition fighters routed Sunni loyalists of the government - concerned one satellite news channel, two regular television stations, a newspaper and a radio station.
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