Car Bomb Kills 4 in Lebanon

A car bomb has exploded in northeastern Lebanon, killing four people and wounding 26 others.   The bomb went off near a local government building in the center of Hermel, a town at the northern end of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley in a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim area, shattering windows and damaging nearby buildings.   The town is located just across the Syrian border from Qusair, where Hezbollah fighters helped Syrian forces reclaim control from rebels last June.   A...

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