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Diary, Lebanese News in Pictures.
Pictures of recent events in Lebanon.
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A Lebanese officer checks the empty guns of the honor guards at Beirut airport Sunday March 3, 2002. The Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived in Beirut on an historic visit, the first by a Syrian president in about 26 years, aimed to coordinating policy ahead of an Arab summit meeting to be held in Lebanon later this month.
Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, listens to his Lebanese counterpart Emile Lahoud at Beirut airport on Sunday Mar. 3, 2002. Assad arrived in Beirut on an historic visit, the first by a Syrian president in about 26 years, aimed at coordinating policy ahead of an Arab summit meeting to be held in Lebanon later this month.
Arab tourists ride a ski lift at Faraya ski resort located in the mountains northeast of Beirut. Wary about how they will be received at European and U.S destinations after the September 11 attacks on New york and Washington, tourists from the oil-rich Gulf are descending on lebanon, which hopes their cash can revive a slumbering economy.
A member of the Lebanese police Special Forces unit, climbs down from a roof during a security drill in Beirut, Wednesday March 6, 2002. Lebanese forces began daily training ahead of the Arab summit which will be held in Lebanon later this month.
Masked members of a Lebanese army special forces unit, take part in a security drill in Beirut, Thursday March 7, 2002 to demonstrate that Lebanese security authorities are ready to protect Arab leaders who will hold a summit between March 26 and March 28 in Beirut. (AP Photo/Hussein Mall)
Two members of the Lebanese police Special Forces unit, climb down from a roof during a security drill in Beirut Thursday, March 7, 2002, to demosntrate that Lebanese security authorities are ready to protect Arab leaders who will hold a summit between March 26 and March 28 in Beirut. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Lebanese Christian demonstrators hold anti-Syrian banners during a demonstration in Beirut on Thursday March, 14, 2002. Hundreds of mainly-Christian students demonstrated against Syria's military presence in Lebanon and called for their withdrawal.
A general view of Lebanese Christian demonstrators, one holding the picture, right, of former army commander Gen. Michel Aoun, during a an anti-Syrian demonstration on Thursday March, 14, 2002. Hundreds of mainly-Christian students demonstrated against Syria's military presence in Lebanon and called for their withdrawal. The writing under the Aoun poster reads: "the nation for the nation.''
A Lebanese Christian demonstrator wears an Osama bin Laden mask and holds a toy rifle in a Beirut street during a anti-Syrian demonstration on Thursday March, 14, 2002. Hundreds of mainly-Christian students demonstrated against Syria's military presence in Lebanon and called for their withdrawal.
A Lebanese army commando unit in a dinghy, takes part in a security drill near the Phoenicia hotel in the background in Beirut Tuesday March 19, 2002 in preparation to protect Arab leaders who will hold a summit at the hotel on March 27-28
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud, center, sits under the Arab League
logo during the opening session of the Arab Summit in Beirut Thursday,
March 27, 2002. At left is Arab league Secretary general Amr Moussa and
at right is Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Dah Ould Abdi.