Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri listens to deputies during the budget discussion at the parliament in Beirut February 4, 2002. Al-Hariri dismissed as 'pure lies' media reports claiming that Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network was trying to transfer its operations from Afghanistan to Lebanon.
Alpine skier Chriine Njeim carries her country's flag as the Lebanese Olympic team enters the stadium during the Opening Ceremony for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games, in Salt Lake City February 8, 2002. Athletes from 77 countries will participate in the XIX winter games in Utah February 8-24.
A Lebanese man dives in the sea in Beirut Wednesday Feb. 20, 2002, as snow covers mountains in the background . Although it is usually cold during this period of the year, temperatures rose in Lebanon and some people headed to beaches for a swim. Temperatures reached 19 degrees Celcius (66 Fahrenheit).
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, left, and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi shake hands during their meeting at Chigi Palace in Rome, Feb. 21, 2002.
Lebanese policemen destroy opium seeds planted in a field near the town of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley, February 26, 2002. Lebanon began on Tuesday a campaign to eliminate drug plantation in the Bekaa valley, which was a significant center of opium production and processing during Lebanon's 1975-1990 war. Production of hashish and opium has slowly resumed in recent years in the Bekaa, one of Lebanon's poorest areas.
Thousands of Lebanese demonstrators march through street on their way to the government Grand Serail in a protest against the government economic plan for a 10 percent Value Added Tax (VAT) held in Beirut, February 28, 2002. Thousands of Lebanese marched through the streets of the capital on Thursday to denounce the cash-strapped economic reforms, which protesters said threatened to starve them.