Supporters of Gabriel Murr wave Lebanese flags as they celebrate the news that Murr won the hotly-contested by-election for a parliamentary seat in the Metn region of Mount Lebanon in Beirut on Tuesday, June 4, 2002. Gabriel Murr won by a 17-vote edge against rival candidate Mirna Murr, the interior minister's sister.

It was a victory that will not be forgotten. Here is a timeline of events from the first announcement of victory up to the confirmed victory 6 days later. Click on them for the full story.

June 10, 2002
• Gabriel Murr Formally Proclaimed Metn By-Elections Winner


June 8, 2002
• Metn By-Election Plunges Lebanon Into Full-Blown Crisis


June 7, 2002
• Minister Murr Threatens to Quit, Says Hariri Overturned Metn Vote
• Aoun Returning on Private Jet
• Battle of Metn threatens to break out anew Battle of Metn threatens to break out anew


June 6, 2002
• Gebran Tueni: 'Metn Requires Modest Victor, Proud Vanquished'
• Michel Murr supporters run riot after defeat
• Gabriel Murr urges end to tensions


June 5, 2002
• It’s all over but the crying: Gabriel Murr wins Metn
• Court begins new trial of alleged collaborators


June 4, 2002
• Gabriel Murr Confirmed By-Elections Winner by his Nephew

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