Lebanese News
in Pictures.
Pictures of events in Lebanon in the last week of October 2000.
For photographs of the Israeli withdrawal from south Lebanon click here.
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri ,right, welcomes German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Beirut, Monday Oct. 30, 2000. Schroeder called for efforts to end Palestinian-Israeli clashes and for the resumption of negotiations, saying Berlin will support any future peace initiatives by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, left, reviews the honor guard with Germany Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, center, at Beirut airport, Sunday Oct. 29, 2000. Schroeder in Beirut to discuses with the Lebanese officials the situation in the Middle East region.
A Palestinian guerrilla of the Hamas Party adjusts the rockets of his friend during a demonstration in the streets of Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, Friday Oct. 27, 2000. Some 5,000 Palestinian from Hamas and Islamic Jihad protested to show their support for Palestinians fighting Israeli forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Masked Palestinian gunmen shout slogans during a demonstration after prayers in Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp outside the southern Lebanese town of Saida October 27, 2000. The gunmen were dressed in battle fatigues and armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles, rocket launchers and sniper rifles. Some of them wore cardboard boxes incribed with the word "dynamite" strapped to their backs, indicating their willingness to carry out suicide missions.
Masked Palestinian gunmen prepare for Friday prayers in Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp outside the southern Lebanese town of Saida October 27, 2000. Israel's army tightened security along its borders with Lebanon and Syria as a precaution against attacks by guerillas.
Lonely Lebanese soccer fans watch the quarterfinal match of the Asian Cup between Japan and Iraq under a cloudy sky in Beirut October 24, 2000. Asia's top soccer competition, Asian Cup 2000, continues as scheduled in Lebanon with a small number of spectators, despite tensions in the Middle East.
Big-spending construction tycoon Rafik al-Hariri smiles as he addresses reporters after being named Lebanese prime minister for the second time, October 23, 2000 amid hopes that he could reverse Lebanon's economic decline. Lebanese President Emile Lahoud chose the 55-year-old Hariri, a billionaire who led the reconstruction of Lebanon after the 1975-90 war, after he was backed by 106 of parliament's 128 members.
