Lebanon president urged to resign

Lebanon's opposition has called for pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud to resign over the killing of a leading journalist in Beirut on Thursday.
Samir Qasir, an opposition figure and critic of Syrian influence in Beirut, was killed by a bomb placed in his car.

An opposition statement said Mr Lahoud must resign over Qasir's death, which comes amid closely-contested elections.

Mr Lahoud has condemned the attack and Syria has rejected opposition charges that it engineered Qasir's killing.

Qasir's death was the most high-profile assassination in Lebanon since former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri died in a bomb blast on 14 February.

That killing plunged the country into its worst political crisis since the 1975-1990 war, prompting massive demonstrations and international pressure that led Syria to end its 29-year military presence in Lebanon.