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Tuesday, December 27, 2005 

Syria arrests suspect in Tueni killing

Abdul Qadir Abdul Qadir is being questioned about the killing of high-profile Lebanese journalist and politician Jubran Tueni in Beirut this month.

He is being interrogated by Lebanese authorities about phone calls he is said to have made immediately before an after the killing. He also rents some land next to the murder site in East Beirut.

The Syrian-born man was picked up earlier in the month and released.

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