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Lebanon Photo Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.

Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.

This page is updated frequently. For more pictures please visit the photographic archive.

For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.



The U.S. Armys Tactical High Energy Laser/Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrator (THEL/ACTD) beam director is shown in this undated hand out photo during tests at White Sands Missile Range in an unkown location in New Mexico.Israel and the US are to spend US$ 57 million to further the development of this laser canon, known as 'Nautilus' that can shoot down short-range missiles. Israel wants the Nautilus to help protect its northern border town from Katyusha rockets, periodically fired by Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.



A visitor to the annual Sculpture by the Sea exhibition, left, takes a photo of Lebanese born artist Mireille Astore, right, as she walks inside her creation 'tampa' on Tamarama beach in Sydney, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003. The annual event stretches for 1.5 kilometers (0.6 miles) between Bondi and Tamarama beaches and exhibits the work of 99 artists from around the world.



Gen. Antoine Lahd, 76, the leader of a disbanded Lebanese militia that fought alongside Israel during its 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon, stands on the stairs of his restaurant on the night of its opening in Tel Aviv late Thursday, Oct. 30, 2003. Lahd has hung up his military uniform and opened a seaside bar-restaurant with a panoramic view of the Tel Aviv coastline.



Israeli cannons return fire after Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas attacked Israeli positions in the disputed Shebaa Farms border area October 27, 2003. Lebanese Hizbollah guerrillas and Israel traded fire in a disputed border area on Monday in the latest sign of rising tension between Syria and the Jewish state.



Smoke is seen following an Israeli air raid on southern Lebanon, near the village of Halta. Israeli warplanes bombed Hezbollah positions after their forces came under fire from the Lebanese Shiite militia in the disputed Shebaa Farms area, Israeli and Lebanese sources said.



Kenyan runner Paul Rugut wins the Beirut International Marathon, he clocked at 02.17.04h. October 19, 2003

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