In Lebanon, thousands of people observed a national day of mourning for the killing of 10 people including the lawmaker Walid Eido. Eido was the sixth leading anti-Syrian campaigner slain in the last two years. Syria denies involvement in the attack. Meanwhile, U.N. envoy Michael Williams emerged from a meeting with Syria’s vice president, who condemned the bombing.

U.N. envoy Michael Williams: “I did discuss with the vice president the situation in Lebanon, and I was very pleased to know that the Syrian government issued a very strong condemnation of the tragic assassination which took place in Beirut yesterday.”