more trouble ahead

This is yet another of those days when I don't know what I am doing on this planet, and why I brought my children here.

"A car-bombing in Beirut has murdered Rafik Hariri, who had quit as Lebanon’s prime minister last October, calling on Syria to take its troops out of his country. Was it Syrian revenge, internal Lebanese score-settling or an effort to destabilise the wider region?"

For an extensive analysis, go to
The Signs of The Times page.