Lebanon Photo Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures

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A fashion model shows off a red dress by Lebanese designer Khaled Masri at a four-day fashion show in Beirut, 15 Sept, 2003.

A Russian model presents a silk dress from a collection by Lebanese designer Khaled Masri at a four-day fashion show in Beirut, 15 Sept, 2003. The dress is decorated with paint showing Lebanese village life. Sep 16 2003

A fashion model displays outfit by Egyptian designer Hani el-Bihery at a four-day fashion show in Beirut, September 16, 2003.

Atrash collection : A model displays an oufit by Lebanese designer Dany Atrash during a fashion show presenting his winter haute couture collection in Beirut. Sep 30 2003

French President Jacques Chirac welcomes the Patriarch of the Lebanon Maronite Church Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir (L) at the Elysee Palace, September 26, 2003.

Armed members of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat 's mainstream Fatah movement guard one of the entrances of the refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh in southern Lebanon during demonstrations in support of Arafat. Sep 12 2003

A Lebanese students holds a picture of Lebanese anti-Syria General Michel Aoun, and has his mouth gagged with a logo that reads 'rise and defy oppresion', during a sit-in at a university in an eastern suburb of Beirut. Only a fifth of those eligible to vote turned out for a by-election which saw a candidate supporting exiled Christian leader Michel Aoun, Hikmat Deeb, stand for the first time, Sep 14 2003. Deeb made a strong showing in his first by-election challenge coming second to Helou, a candidate backed by all of the pro-Syrian parties. Deeb won over 80% of the Christian vote.