His predecessor was withdrawn after the murder of the Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon in the wake of Rafik Hariri's murder, ending a 29-year military presence.
BBC: Lebanon army calls for political 'caution' amid clashes
And the killing of billionaire ex-premier Rafik Hariri in Lebanon speaks to how economic upticks don't guarantee stability.
Another 14 died, including Canada's french fry king Harrison McCain and Rafik Hariri , Lebanon's former prime minister.
This all changed in 2005 after former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri was killed by a car bomb in Beirut.
Jacques Chirac broke off ties with Syria after the assassination in 2005 of Rafik Hariri, a former Lebanese prime minister.
Hariri swept to power in the wake of the 2005 assassination of his father, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
CNN: Analysis: Hezbollah win could shake Obama Mideast policy
UN's inquiry into the murder of Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's former prime minister, nine months later, not a grumble was heard from America.
The United States withdrew its ambassador from Syria in 2005 in protest of the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
CNN: Visit to Syria starts week of U.S. diplomacy in Middle East
The Special Tribunal just indicted four Hezbollah operatives for their role in the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
The United States withdrew its ambassador from Syria four years ago in protest at the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
United Nations investigators have accused Syrian officials of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri - an allegation denied by Damascus.
BBC: Syria is often criticised for its poor human rights record
And first up this hour, the growing pressure on Syria over its alleged role in the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
They view moves to put pro-Syrian figures before an international tribunal for the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri as part of that plot.
BBC: NEWS | Middle East | One year on: Lebanon political paralysis
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu should ask the UN to speed up the release of the indictments in the investigation of the late Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
"The wounds are deep, especially mine, but we only have each other, " said Lebanese parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri, son of the killed former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
On the other hand, in 2005 France joined forces with the US to expel the Syrian military from Lebanon after the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri.
He said Damascus would not co-operate with a UN-backed tribunal to try suspects in the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri if it would undermine Syrian sovereignty.
Clinton is expected to meet with Sleiman and lay a wreath at the tomb of former Lebanon Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was killed in a bomb attack in 2005.
Born in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli in 1965, he spent the early part of his career looking after the security of Sunni leader and former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
It is being seen by many commentators as another step by Syria to put behind it the diplomatic isolation it suffered after the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri.
It has also backed the tribunal for Lebanon that has just started work to bring to book those responsible for the murder of the country's prime minister, Rafik Hariri, and other crimes.
ECONOMIST: The worst crimes, the law and the UN Security Council
Four years ago, president George W. Bush withdrew the US ambassador from Damascus following the regime's suspected role in engineering the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri in February 2005.
The first round of a four-stage general election in Lebanon was won in a landslide by lists of candidates endorsed by Saad Hariri, a son of Lebanon's assassinated former prime minister, Rafik Hariri.
It is a time of high tension in Lebanon, scene of several bombings this year, as a UN investigation team prepares to publish its findings into the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
It is soon to issue an indictment of suspects in that string of assassinations, starting with the 2005 car bomb that killed Rafik Hariri, Lebanon's leading Sunni chieftain and a five-time prime minister, whose son Saad now holds that office.
So, despite a swirl of accusations since the killing on February 14th of Lebanon's former long-serving prime minister, Rafik Hariri, an event that sparked popular revolt against decades of domination by Syria, this week's arrest of four top Lebanese security officers (and some lesser fry) was a pleasant surprise.
Mr Siniora's coalition of Sunni Muslims, right-wing Christian parties, liberals, and the main Druze faction led by Walid Jumblatt, did indeed win 72 of the Lebanese parliament's 128 seats in the spring of 2005, riding on sympathy generated by the assassination of Mr Siniora's patron Rafik Hariri, a billionaire and five-term prime minister.
Syria was working closely with Saudi Arabia, the regional patron of Mr Hariri and his Sunni community, to find a formula to defuse tensions in advance of indictments which the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is expected to issue within a matter of days, naming some Hezbollah members in connection with the murder of Lebanese former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005.
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