March, 24 2005	Thursday	13 Safar 1426

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BEIRUT, March 23: Three people were killed early Wednesday when a bomb ripped through a shopping centre in a Christian area north of Beirut, the second explosion since the assassination last month of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri plunged Lebanon into political turmoil. Police confirmed that the blast, which occurred near the port of Jounieh, 20km north of Beirut was caused by an explosive device. LBCI television said that two of the dead were an Indian and a Pakistani and that the explosion had injured two Sri Lankans and a Lebanese.—AFP