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Wed 02 Feb 2007Lebanon blasts kill three on eve of rally in memory of HaririLEBANON:It sounded like a clap of thunder until the screaming started. Layyal Khoury leapt out of bed and ran outside to find stricken passengers struggling to escape from a burned-out bus."Then the second bus came round the corner and blew up - that was when we realised it was a bomb attack, not an accident," said Ms Khoury, who lives in a flat beneath the Chez George juice bar where she works.