A car bomb exploded in Beirut on Friday, wounding a former Lebanese Cabinet minister, killing his driver and seriously injuring his bodyguard. Former Economy Minister Marwan Hamadeh suffered minor injuries to his hands and face in the blast, which occurred in a side street about 100 meters (yards) from Beirut's seafront corniche area where the American Community School and the International College, both U.S. organizations, are located. Hamadeh's brother, Ali, told The Associated Press that the ex-Cabinet minister was the blast's target. Lebanese officials have not yet commented on the motives behind the explosion.
