Lebanon Photo
Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in January 2001.
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The body of one of two members of the Popular Front for the Liberation
of Palestine-General Command, a Syria-based guerrilla outfit, is shown
in Lebanon's Chebaa area Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001. Two guerrillas were apparently
killed on Friday night Jan. 26, after Israeli tanks fired shells and helicopters
fired machine guns in what appeared to be a pre-emptive attack on suspected
infiltrators.
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Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, left, welcomes Pakistan's military ruler, Gen. Pervez Musharraf at the Presidential Palace in the east Beirut suburb of Baabda on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001. The two leaders discussed bilateral relations and developments in the Middle East region. Musharraf arrived in Lebanon Tuesday on the final leg of a Mideast tour that has also taken him to Syria and Jordan.
The moon is fully covered by a shadow from the earth during the lunar eclipse in Beirut Tuesday, night, Jan. 9, 2001. The shadow engulfs the moon from the botton and will eventually cover the whole moon.
The moon is partially covered as a shadow from the earth during the lunar eclipse in Beirut, Tuesday night, Jan. 9, 2001. The shadow engulfs the moon from the botton and will eventually cover the whole moon
Wrapped in a Lebanese flag, the casket of former Lebanese President Charles Helou is carried on a gun carriage outside St. Georges Cathedral in downtown Beirut where he was awarded a state funeral, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001. Helou, who was president from 1964-70, died Sunday of a heart attack state television reported. He was 87
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) walks with Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri (C) behind the coffin of former President Charle Helou during Helou's funeral in Beirut January 9, 2001. Helou died from a heart attack aged 87 last Sunday.
Human rights activists demonstrate in front of the National Museum in Beirut January 3, 2001 against a decree by President Emile Lahoud and Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri to hang two men this year. The lives of the two men were temporarily spared after former prime minister Selim al-Hoss refused to sign the decree on the grounds that execution was inhumane punishment. Lebanon has executed 48 men since independence in 1942. Opposition against executions, which are conducted publicly, has been growing, especially among the younger generation trying to distance itself from Lebanon's violent past.
A Lebanese journalist inspects a mortar which Lebanese security forces say was found opposite the Israeli border and used to attack an Israeli army post in the disputed Shebaa Farms in south Lebanon January 3, 2001. Israeli forces returned artillery fire, the spokesman said, describing the mortar bomb attack as 'a severe incident'. It was not immediately clear who had fired the mortar bombs.