Beirut car bomb kills top official, 7 others

Lebanese soldiers and rescue workers inspected damage from an explosion in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon today. Lebanese Red Cross and security officials say a car bomb in east Beirut has killed at least eight people and wounded dozens in the worst blast the city has seen in years, coming at a time when Lebanon has seen a rise in tension and eruptions of clashes stemming from the civil war in neighboring Syria.