Lebanese investigators are searching for six people who flew from Beirut to Australia, leaving traces of explosives on aircraft seats, hours after a powerful bomb killed former prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri.
The country was returning to normal today after three days of mourning for Mr Hariri.
Traffic jams returned to Beirut streets as banks and shops reopened for business.
But the first event in Lebanon's political life since the anti-Syrian demonstrations after Mr Hariri's death was the resignation of Minister of Tourism Farid al-Khazen, who had only joined the government after Mr Hariri's resignation in October.
Lebanon's anti-Damascus opposition was to hold a meeting today to try to rally a mass public mobilisation after the killing of the man behind the country's post-war revival.
The Syrian-backed President, Emile Lahoud, was to hold a cabinet meeting.
