UN extends Rafiq Hariri investigation

The Lebanese prime minister Foad Sinioura disclosed on Thursday evening an initial approved by the UN to extend the mission of the UN investigation committee into the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri until December 15.

The spokesman for the UN, Steven De Jarick, said on Thursday that the UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan, received a telephone call from the Lebanese prime minister Sinioura in which he asked for the extension of the UN investigation committee and that the secretary general is studying this request.