U.S. withdraws ambassador to Syria

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

WASHINGTON -- The United States pulled its ambassador from Syria on Tuesday, expressing "profound outrage" over the assassination of a Lebanese leader who had protested Syrian influence in his country.

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