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Today, much more than a local matter, the crisis building among the tangled politics of Lebanon

was a ton of gold loaded onto the Tunisian President's plane as he prepared to flee

the country. Children from some of the toughest streets in France follow in the footsteps

of Napoleon's unruly Hazars, and from Moscow the story of the BBC

Cleaner who had to iron a hundred white shirts.

President Obama has welcomed the news that indictments have been issued against suspects

in the murder of the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafi Khareri.

He said it was an important step towards ending what he called a period of impunity in Lebanon.

The suspect's names and the charges have not been released, but leaked information points

to members of Lebanon's powerful sheer movement, Hezbollah.

While Hezbollah denies all involvement in the killing six years ago,

Jeremy Bowen says many Lebanese fear the unfolding crisis could lead to a new civil war.

In an elegant office in Beirut, a senior advisor to the Prime Minister was helping me with

the politics of Lebanon.

I've just been reading a book about quantum physics, he said.

It might be useful for you.

Apparently you can in physics get separate realities that are both real or seem real at the same time.

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