Nov 22 (Reuters) - Lebanon began three days of mourning on Wednesday for an anti-Syrian cabinet minister whose assassination raised fears of a new spasm of factional violence.

Here is a chronology of some of the main events in Lebanon since Former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri's killing.

Feb. 14, 2005 - Hariri and 22 others are killed by truck bomb in Beirut. Feb. 16 - At least 150,000 Lebanese turn Hariri's funeral into outpouring of anger against Syria.

Feb. 28 - Pro-Syrian Prime Minister Omar Karami resigns.

March 5 - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad tells his parliament Syrian troops will start phased pullout from Lebanon. April 26 - Last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon.

June 2 - Samir Kassir, journalist opposed to Syria's role in Lebanon, is killed in Beirut by bomb in his car.

June 16 - U.N. probe into Hariri's killing starts.

June 19 - Lebanese parliamentary elections end in victory for anti-Syrian alliance led by Hariri's son Saad al-Hariri.

June 21 - Former Communist Party leader and critic of Syria George Hawi is killed in Beirut by bomb in his car.

Aug. 30 - Four pro-Syrian former security chiefs are detained over Hariri's killing and later charged with murder.

Oct. 12 - Syrian state news agency SANA announces that Interior Minister Ghazi Kanaan has committed suicide in his office in Damascus just days after U.N. investigators went to Damascus to interview Syrian officials.

Oct. 20 - U.N. investigators say high-ranking Syrian officials and their Lebanese allies were involved in Hariri's killing, in report to U.N. Security Council.

Dec. 12 - Gebran Tueni, staunchly anti-Syrian member of parliament and Lebanese newspaper magnate, is killed by a car-bomb in Beirut.

Feb. 11, 2006 - Saad al-Hariri returns to Lebanon more than six months after he left because of security worries. Three days later around 500,000 gather to mark the first anniversary of his father's assassination.

Apr. 25 - New head of U.N. investigation, Serge Brammertz, meets Assad to discuss Syria's alleged role in Hariri killing.

July 12 - Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. At least 1,200 people in Lebanon and 157 Israelis were killed in the ensuing 34 days of fighting.

Oct. 31 - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah vows to stage peaceful protests demanding fresh elections unless his opponents agree to a national unity government by mid-November.

Nov. 11 - Five pro-Syrian Shi'ite Muslim ministers from Hezbollah and its ally, the Amal movement, resign after collapse of all-party talks on giving their camp more say in government.

Nov. 13 - A depleted cabinet, made up of mainly anti-Syrian ministers, approves draft U.N. statutes for a tribunal to try Rafik al-Hariri's suspected killers.

Nov. 21 - Industry Minister Pierre Gemayel is killed by gunmen as his convoy drives through the Christian Sin el-Fil neighbourhood of Beirut. Hours later, Security Council approves tribunal plans.

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