Serge Brammertz , a Belgian who is deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court , has been asked by Secretary General Kofi Annan to take over the investigation into the assassination of Rafik Hariri , the former prime minister of Lebanon , the court 's spokesman in The Hague said Thursday in a telephone interview .
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