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2005

 

  • Jan07-2005 Maronite Catholics maintain identity in Islamic-dominated region.
  • Jan28-2005 Chirac tells Sfeir France committed to 1559. Patriarch will meet Michel Aoun Saturday
  • Feb01-2005 Sfeir: 1559 source of support for Lebanon’s independence. Patriarch says talks with Chirac 'excellent'.
  • Feb03-2005 Sfeir hopeful on sovereignty issue. Patriarch urges solidarity to support international momentum. Statement called for international observers to monitor forthcoming elections.
  • Feb05-2005 Lebanon's Baathists call patriarch Western agent. Faction calls Jumblatt self-serving 'liar'.
  • Feb14-2005 Hariri Assassinated by Car Bomb Blast in Downtown Beirut.
  • Feb16-2005 Gen. Aoun Points Accusing Finger to Syria. Maronite Church urges restraint, end Lebanon foreign interference.
  • Feb17-2005 Tearful Lebanon Sees Hariri to his Grave Amid Thunder of Anti-Syria Chants.
  • Feb18-2005 Opposition Declares Intifada to Rescue Lebanon from Syria's Tutelage.
  • Feb21-2005 Hundreds of Thousands rally in Beirut against Syria one week after Hariri murder.
  • Feb28-2005 Lebanon's Anti-Syria Opposition Topples Karami's Government.
  • March07-2005 Thousands say 'Zoom out your cameras Bashar'.
  • March08-2005 Huge Pro-Syria Rally In Lebanon.
  • March09-2005 Crowds joyful as Lebanese Army mans Syrian posts. Bush calls redeployment a 'half measure' and presses for full withdrawal before may elections.
  • March14-2005 Biggest Opposition Demo Swears to Break Syria's Stranglehold and Lahoud's Regime.
  • Cedar Revolution
  • March16-2005 President Meets with Lebanese Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Sfeir.
  • March17-2005 Bush assures Sfeir that U.S. will insist on full Syrian withdrawal. Patriarch thanks American president for his sincere interest. 
  • March19-2005 Beirut bomb raises violence fears.
  • March22-2005 Shopping mall blast near Beirut kills three.
  • March23-2005 Lebanese Defiant in Wake of Bombings.
  • March25-2005 U.N. report points finger at Syria.
  • March26-2005 Patriarch Says Lebanese No Longer Need Syrian Trusteeship.
  • March27-2005 The Third Explosion to terrorize the Lebanese People.
  • April01-2005 The Fourth Explosion to terrorize the Lebanese People.
  • April02-2005 Pope John Paul II dies, World grieves.
  • April04-2005 Lebanon Laments Pope Who Wrote Christian-Muslim Coexistence Constitution.
  • April06-2005 Christian Youths Watch Beirut Streets After Bombs.
  • April08-2005 Roman Church Never So Catholic as for Pope Funeral.
  • April19-2005 Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Germany Elected Pope.
  • April23-2005 'Free Geagea' Massive Demonstration at Bkirki, Harissa.
  • April24-2005 World Leaders Attend Benedict XVI's Inauguration. Heads of State, Royalty, Religious Leaders Greet New Pope.
  • April25-2005 Lebanon security chief resigns.
  • April26-2005 Syrian troops leave Lebanon after 29 years of occupation.
  • May06-2005 Jounieh's Bomb Wrecks Church, Radio Station, Triggers Lahoud-Jumblat Quarrel.
  • May07-2005 Anti-Syrian exile back in Lebanon.
  • May11-2005 Maronite bishops warn Syrian-tailored election law will disrupt fragile Christian-Muslim coexistence.
  • May18-2005 Aoun visits Geagea and calls for his release.Old foes meet for first time since civil war.
  • June02-2005 Bomb kills anti-Syria journalist in Beirut.
  • June12-2005 Aoun sweeps to victory in Mount Lebanon, Zahle.
  • June20-2005 Lebanon's Leader Reaches Out to Opponents.
  • June21-2005 Communist Leader George Hawi Car-Bombed to Death in Beirut.
  • June25-2005 Hariri with Geagea at Yarze Lowering Final Curtain on Civil Warfare.
  • July12-2005 President Lahoud's Son-in-Law Elias Murr Survives Assassination Ambush.
  • July18-2005 Freedom Bill Passed, Geagea Leaves Jail Straight to Europe this Weekend.
  • July21-2005 'The Innocent Scapegoat Prays at the Church He allegedly Blew Up'.
  • July22-2005 Explosion hits Beirut.
  • July26-2005 Freed Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea arrives in Paris.
  • Aug22-2005 BOMBING TERROR RETURNS TO LEBANON.
  • Aug30-2005 Lebanese arrests in Hariri probe.
  • Sept16-2005 One dead, 19 wounded in Beirut car bomb.
  • Sept25-2005 TV anchorwoman targeted by bomb under seat of car.
  • Oct12-2005 Ghazi Kanaan Shoots Himself Dead Ahead of U.N. Report on Hariri's Murder.
  • Oct20-2005 Tomorrow the truth contagion will spread from Lebanon to the whole Arab world including Syria, and will liberate all those who have been oppressed by totalitarian regimes and humiliated by the one-party regimes, mafias and organized crimes!
  • Oct21-2005 U.N. Accuses Assad's Intelligence Chiefs, Lahoud's Security Commanders of Murdering Hariri.
  • Oct31-2005 U.N. Council adopts tough resolution against Syria.
  • Dec04-2005 Mass Graves Discovered Next to Syria's Former Military Intelligence Command in East Lebanon, 26 Skeletons Exhumed.
  • Dec12-2005 Gebran Tueni Perishes in Massive Car Bomb Explosion Near Beirut.
  • Dec14-2005 MP's funeral turns to rally against Syria.
  • Dec30-2005 Khaddam's Bombshell: Assad Wanted to 'Crush' Hariri.
  • Historical 2005 
  • Miracles of 2005