01 March 2009
1. Wide of Beirut city skyline
2. Mid of Lebanese army Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) on road
3. Close of APC
4. Mid of traffic on Beirut city street
5. Various of newspapers
6. Wide of Al-Amin mosque
7. Close of mosque
8. Wide of people standing around murdered former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's grave
9. Mid of people reciting versus of the Quran at Hariri's grave
10. Mid of Hariri's grave with pictures of Hariri in background
11. Close of Hariri's picture
12. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Mohammad El-Sheikh, resident, vox pop:
"This tribunal will put an end to the killing, the criminal must be punished."
13. Mid of people standing around the grave
14. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Leila Fleifel, resident, vox pop:
"Lebanon will not be a place for living or for development if this tribunal is not effective."
15. Wide of traffic on city street
16. Mid of Lebanese army APC under bridge
FILE: 04 September 2000
17. Various of Hariri greeting people
FILE: 26 October 2000
18. Convoy of Hariri arriving at presidential palace after being elected Prime Minister
19. Hariri getting out of car and walking into presidential palace
20. Various of meeting between Hariri and then Lebanese President Emile Lahoud
21. Close of photographs of Hariri and his family
22. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister:
"I believe we have to open the economy as much as we can, we have to overcome all the obstacles and try to make Lebanon as the commercial centre and financial centre for the middle east."
23. Close of Lebanese flag
24. SOUNDBITE: (English) Rafik Hariri, former Lebanese Prime Minister:
"You know, there's a consensus in Lebanon that Israel has to withdraw from all Lebanese territory. Anyway for me, I believe in peace and I believe that we have to do everything to achieve peace in the region."
25. Hariri talking mobile phone
An international tribunal to prosecute suspects in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was starting work on Sunday at its headquarters in a village outside The Hague.
Despite the start of proceedings, it is still not known who will be accused in the suicide truck bombing that killed Hariri and 22 other people on a seaside street in Beirut on 14 February 2005.
Lebanese army forces in armoured personnel carriers were deployed on the streets of Beirut on Sunday to maintain calm.
Hundreds of Hariri supporters gathered peacefully around his grave in downtown Beirut, many expressing their support for the tribunal.
Mohammad El-Sheikh a resident in Beirut said whoever was responsible for the killing must be punished and he hoped the tribunal would achieve that.
While Leila Fleifel said Lebanon would not be a suitable place for living if the tribunal was not effective.
Four pro-Syrian generals are being held in Lebanese custody although none of them have been formally charged with Hariri's murder.
The generals led Lebanon's police, intelligence service and an elite army unit at the time of the assassination.
Court prosecutor Daniel Bellemare of Canada said he expects to request within weeks for Lebanon to transfer to the court the four generals.
As prime minister, Hariri, a billionaire businessman, was credited with rebuilding downtown Beirut after the 1975-90 civil war, and with trying to limit Syria's influence.
Many in Lebanon believe Syria was behind the assassination.
Syria has denied any involvement.
After the assassination, mass street protests in Lebanon and international pressure forced Syria to withdraw its troops from its neighbour after a 29-year presence.
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon to investigate Hariri's killing was set up by the UN Security Council in 2007 and comprises both foreign and Lebanese judges.
It is based in the Netherlands to ensure the safety of staff and an impartial trial.
The judges have not yet been sworn in and the names of Lebanese judges have been withheld out of fears for their safety.
Some in Lebanon doubt the tribunal will ever bring out the full truth, believing it might avoid digging deep to ensure Syria does not react by stirring up trouble in Lebanon and other parts of the region.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on a trip through Africa, issued a statement praising Sunday's tribunal opening.
He said the commencement marked a "decisive milestone" in the efforts by all Lebanese and the international community to uncover the truth, and bring those responsible to justice.
The Hariri court is the latest international tribunal to be based in the Netherlands.
The Hague is home to the International Court of Justice, the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal and the International Criminal Court.
