The division burst into the open last year , when hundreds of thousands of demonstrators , Christian and Muslim , marched in support of the government after the assassination of Rafik Hariri , the country 's wealthy former prime minister , who had driven the transformation of postwar Beirut from a dead zone to a vacation destination .
Rafik Hariri
Beirut
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ORGANIZATION
Christian
PERSON
Muslim
PERSON
Rafik Hariri
LOCATION
Beirut