Weatherday: Kidnap in Beirut

A bright morning with good sunny spells. Some cloud through the mid-day will give way to a brighter late afternoon.

Showers later in the evening. Highest temperature 7-8deg in light north breezes.

On this day in 1986, Irish teacher Brian Keenan was kidnapped in Beirut by Islamic militants, only being released in August 1990 after a long campaign by his sisters and the Irish Government.

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