40,000 Join Lebanese "Marathon of Unity"

World | April 10, 2005, Sunday // 00:00
40,000 Join Lebanese "Marathon of Unity" Lebanese run with a giant national flag in downtown Beirut during a “Marathon of Unity.” About 40,000 people joined to commemorate assassinated ex-PM Rafiq Hariri. Photo by aljazeera.com

About 40,000 Lebanese people took part Sunday in a huge "Marathon of Unity," commemorating assassinated ex-PM Rafiq Hariri. The participants set out from Martyrs square and the grave of Hariri. The rally was organized by the Beirut Marathon Organization, which said the event aimed to show to the world that the Lebanese are united, and to preserve civil peace.

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