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    • Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008. From Reuters Pictures by Reuters.

      Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

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    • A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

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    • BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej. From Getty Images.

      BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

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      Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.

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      US actress Meg Ryan reacts to cheers from film fans as she arrives for the opening night of the Middle East International Film Festival at a hotel in Abu Dhabi UAE, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2008.

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    • Plant workers Mike Garneau (top L), Gord Tough (top C) and Jake Steward (top R) watch Liberal leader Stephane Dion talk to employees at an automotive parts manufacturing plant in Brantford, Ontario, October 10, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election on October 14. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Plant workers Mike Garneau (top L), Gord Tough (top C) and Jake Steward (top R) watch Liberal leader Stephane Dion talk to employees at an automotive parts manufacturing plant in Brantford, Ontario, October 10, 2008. Canadians will head to the polls in a federal election on October 14.

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    • US President George W. Bush with First lady Laura Bush walks to Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, DC. Bush was heading to Republican fundraisers in Florida and South Carolina on October 10, 2008. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      US President George W. Bush with First lady Laura Bush walks to Marine One as he departs the White House in Washington, DC. Bush was heading to Republican fundraisers in Florida and South Carolina on October 10, 2008.

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      US Democratic presidential candidate Illinois Senator Barack Obama arrives to pay a visit to Fireside Diner in Georgetown, Ohio, October 09, 2008.

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    • Afghan children wait on a hill to collect bullet casings of German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near a shooting range in Kunduz October 7, 2008. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and raise the number of troops it can send there by 1,000, a government official said. From Reuters Pictures by REUTERS.

      Afghan children wait on a hill to collect bullet casings of German Bundeswehr army soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) near a shooting range in Kunduz October 7, 2008. Chancellor Angela Merkel's cabinet agreed on Tuesday to extend Germany's participation in a NATO peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan and raise the number of troops it can send there by 1,000, a government official said.

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    • Tennessee quarterback Nick Stephens (17) throws to a receiver during first half of an NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn. From AP Photo by Wade Payne.

      Tennessee quarterback Nick Stephens (17) throws to a receiver during first half of an NCAA college football game against Northern Illinois Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008 in Knoxville, Tenn.

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    • Bruce Irons (Kauai, Haw) wipes out on a 10ft (3-4 meter) wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, 30 April 2007 during the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials. Irons is considered one of the worlds most fearless surfers and is a specialist in barreling reef breaks like Teahupoo. Irons, brother of three times ASP world champion Andy, threw himself into the biggest waves that thundered across the reef 29 April in preparation for the Billabong Pro that runs from the 4-14 May. Irons will take on Chris Ward (USA) and Trent Munro (Aus) in round one when competition commences. The Billabong Pro is the third event on the Fosters Menos ASP World Tour and features the top 45 surfers in the world and three wildcards. The Billabong Pro takes place at the dangerous left hand breaking waveTeahupoo approximately 2 kmOs out to sea on a shallow reef pass From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

      Bruce Irons (Kauai, Haw) wipes out on a 10ft (3-4 meter) wave at Teahupoo, Tahiti, 30 April 2007 during the Air Tahiti Nui Von Zipper Trials. Irons is considered one of the worlds most fearless surfers and is a specialist in barreling reef breaks like Teahupoo. Irons, brother of three times ASP world champion Andy, threw himself into the biggest waves that thundered across the reef 29 April in preparation for the Billabong Pro that runs from the 4-14 May. Irons will take on Chris Ward (USA) and Trent Munro (Aus) in round one when competition commences. The Billabong Pro is the third event on the Fosters Menos ASP World Tour and features the top 45 surfers in the world and three wildcards. The Billabong Pro takes place at the dangerous left hand breaking waveTeahupoo approximately 2 kmOs out to sea on a shallow reef pass

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A Palestinian girl holds a picture of Samir Kantar, a Lebanese prisoner jailed in Israel, during a weekly protest calling for the release of prisoners, at the International Red Cross building in Gaza City, Monday, July 14, 2008. The Israeli prison service said that on Wednesday, it will free Samir Kantar, a Lebanese man serving multiple life terms for a 1979 attack in Israel. After infiltrating Israel, he killed a policeman, then kidnapped a man and his 4-year-old daughter and killed them outside their home. Israel's prison service said Israel would free five imprisoned Lebanese in exchange for two soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid that sparked the 2006 war. From AP Photo by ADEL HANA.
2 months ago: A Palestinian girl holds a picture of Samir Kantar, a Lebanese prisoner jailed in Israel, during a weekly protest calling for the release of prisoners, at the International Red Cross building in Gaza City, Monday, July 14, 2008. The Israeli prison service said that on Wednesday, it will free Samir Kantar, a Lebanese man serving multiple life terms for a 1979 attack in Israel. After infiltrating Israel, he killed a policeman, then kidnapped a man and his 4-year-old daughter and killed them outside their home. Israel's prison service said Israel would free five imprisoned Lebanese in exchange for two soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a cross-border raid that sparked the 2006 war.

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  • Released from Israeli prisons, Lebanese Samir Kantar, checks pictures at an exhibition dedicated to revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara in the 41st anniversary of his death in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Samir Kantar, Lebanon's longest serving prisoner who was freed by Israel in a swap, was imprisoned by the Jewish state for 542 years for murder. From AP Photo by Bilal Hussein.
  • Leftists supporters led by the former Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli jail Samir Kantar, hold portraits of the five Cubans were arrested in Florida in 1998, during a protest calling to release them from an American jail, in front the U.S. Embassy, in Aukar east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, a Lebanese ex-convict Samir Kantar led the protest. Kantar expressed solidarity with the five and warned the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be another Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Leftist supporters led by the former Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli jail Samir Kantar,unseen, shout anti-U.S slogans during a protest calling for the release from an American jail of five Cubans were arrested in Florida in 1998, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, a Lebanese ex-convict Samir Kantar leads a protest against the U.S. Embassy for the release of five Cubans from American prisons. Kantar expresses solidarity with the five and warns the United States its embassy will not be safe in case of another Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Lebanese Samir Kantar, second left, formerly imprisoned in an Israeli jail, joins a protest with leftist supporters holding portraits of the five Cubans who were arrested in Florida in 1998, during the protest calling for their release from an American jail, near the U.S. Embassy, in Aukar east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Leftist supporters led by the former Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli jail Samir Kantar, act as they hold portraits of the five Cubans were arrested in Florida in 1998, during a protest calling for their release from an American jail, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Bassam, the brother of former Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli jail Samir Kantar, joins a protest with leftist supporters calling for the release from an American jail of five Cubans were arrested in Florida in 1998, near the U.S Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Lebanese Samir Kantar, formerly imprisoned in an Israeli jail, joins a protest with leftist supporters holding portraits of the five Cubans who were arrested in Florida in 1998, during the protest calling for their release from an American jail, near the U.S. Embassy, in Aukar east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Lebanese Samir Kantar, formerly imprisoned in an Israeli jail, hangs a Cuban flag on the barbed wire, during a protest with leftist supporters of the five Cubans who were arrested in Florida in 1998, calling for their release from an American jail, near the U.S. Embassy, in Aukar east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Leftist supporters led by the former Lebanese prisoner in the Israeli jail Samir Kantar, unseen, stand in front Lebanese riot policemen, holding portraits of the five Cubans who were arrested in Florida in 1998, during the protest calling for their release from an American jail, near the U.S. Embassy, in Aukar east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • Smadar Haran, the sole survivor of the 1979 attack in which Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar killed members of her family, leaves after a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2008. Haran's husband, Danny, and their 4-year-old daughter were murdered. Their 2-year-old daughter also died of suffocation when her mother tried to keep her quiet in their hiding place. Haran, said she hopes reports of hostage negotiations with Hezbollah that would include the release of Samir Kantar are true, "and not just spin for the media that will cause heartache for the hostages' families." Lebanese militant Samir Kantar, who is set to be freed from jail on July 16, has been serving a 542 jail sentence in Israel for a triple murder including the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl. Israel is freeing kantar and four other Lebanese prisoners in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in 2006. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Smadar Haran, the sole survivor of the 1979 attack in which Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar killed members of her family, leaves after a press conference in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2008. Haran's husband, Danny, and their 4-year-old daughter were murdered. Their 2-year-old daughter also died of suffocation when her mother tried to keep her quiet in their hiding place. Haran, said she hopes reports of hostage negotiations with Hezbollah that would include the release of Samir Kantar are true, "and not just spin for the media that will cause heartache for the hostages' families." Lebanese militant Samir Kantar, who is set to be freed from jail on July 16, has been serving a 542 jail sentence in Israel for a triple murder including the brutal killing of a four-year-old girl. Israel is freeing kantar and four other Lebanese prisoners in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in 2006. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Sami Kantar, the nephew of Samir Kantar, fixes a picture of his uncle, left, posing with imprisoned West Bank Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti at Kantar's home in the mountain town of Abey, 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Beirut , Lebanon, Monday, July 14, 2008. The mother of Lebanon's longest held prisoner in Israel who is serving a multiple life terms said Monday she is counting the seconds for the moment she has been waiting for decades. The return of Samir Kantar after nearly 30 years in prison. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (C-L) waves to the crowd as he walks with Hezbollah's military chief in south Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qawuq (C-R) during a welcoming ceremony for Kantar and four other prisoners in Naqura in southern Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Siham (R), 69, mother of Druze Lebanese Samir Kantar, held in an Israel jail for the past 29 years, sits next to a portrait of Kantar as Kantar's brother Bassam looks on at their home in the village of Abai on July 1, 2008. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said today an expected prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah was a "huge failure" for the Jewish state and a victory for the Shiite militant group. Among the prisoners to make a triumphant homecoming will be Samir Kantar, the longest-serving Arab prisoner in Israeli jails who was convicted in 1980 to serve 542 years for the murder of an Israeli civilian and his four-year-old daughter, as well as an Israeli policeman. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Siham Kantar, the mother of Samir Kantar, a Lebanese prisoner held in Israel, smiles as she stands in front of a picture of Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah at her home in the mountain town of Abey, 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Beirut , Lebanon, Monday, July 14, 2008. The mother of Lebanon's longest held prisoner in Israel who is serving a multiple life terms said Monday she is counting the seconds for the moment she has been waiting for decades. The return of Samir Kantar after nearly 30 years in prison. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Siham Kantar, the mother of Samir Kantar, a Lebanese prisoner held in Israel, shows his pictures at her home in the mountain town of Abey, 16 kilometers (10 miles) south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 14, 2008. The mother of Lebanon's longest held prisoner in Israel who is serving a multiple life terms said Monday she is counting the seconds for the moment she has been waiting for decades. The return of Samir Kantar after nearly 30 years in prison. From AP Photo by Ahmad Omar.
  • Freed Lebanese prisoner from Israeli jails Samir Kantar fixes a Cuban flag on a barbed-wire, which blocks the road to the US embassy in Awkar, east of Beirut on September 12, 2008 during a demonstration against the detention of five Cuban nationals in the United States for the last 10 years. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • A Leftist supporter hangs Cuban flags on the barbed wire during a protest calling for the release from an American jail of five Cubans were arrested in Florida in 1998, near the U.S Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Sept. 12, 2008. In his first political act since being released from an Israeli prison, Samir Kantar led the protest and expressed solidarity with the five whilst warning the United States its embassy will not be safe should there be further Israeli aggression against Lebanon. From AP Photo by HUSSEIN MALLA.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17, 2008: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar greets a hometown crowd celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July, 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • In this undated family photo made available by Israel's Maariv newspaper,Tuesday, July 15, 2008, Israeli Danny Haran, killed by Lebanese militant Samir Kantar on April 22, 1979, is seen with his daughters Eynat,4, left, and Yael, 2, at the times of their deaths, in the coastal town of Nahariya, northern Israel. Kantar, then 16, was one of four militants who made their way in a rubber dinghy from Lebanon to Israel's northern shore in 1979 and attacked an apartment building in the coastal city of Nahariya, 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the Lebanese border. Danny Haran and his daughter Eynat were killed by Kantar, and Yael was accidently smothered to death by her mother Smadar as the two were hiding from the attackers. From AP Photo by AP.
  • A man rolls a picture of Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, who has beein held in an Israel jail for nearly 30-years, at a printing shop in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, on Monday, July 14, 2008. Kantar is expected to be released in a prisoner swap on Wednesday. According to his lawyer, Kantar is "very excited" about his expected release after nearly 30 years in jail, and his mother said she is counting the seconds for the moment to see her son again. From AP Photo by Mohammed Zaatari.
  • In a pooled handout picture from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), freed Lebanese prisoners Samir Kantar (R), Maher Kurani (back-L) and Mohammed Sarur (back-R) arrive to the Israeli-Lebanese border to cross to Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • In a pooled handout picture from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Italian UN military police stand guard (back-R) as freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar gets into a van at the Israeli-Lebanese border to cross to Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • In this picture released by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar is greeted by wellwishers as he arrives in the coastal town of Naqoura, Lebanon, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese militants arrived in Lebanon Wednesday shortly after being released by Israel as part of a prisoner exchange. The five include Samir Kantar, Lebanon's longest held prisoner in Israel. From AP Photo by Anwar Amro.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, waves to a hometown crowd celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • Bassam Kantar (R) kisses his brother, freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, who is wearing Hezbollah military fatigues, as he arrives in his hometown of Abai, southeast of Beirut on July 17, 2008. Kantar arrived to his hometown to a hero's welcome after arriving home from Israel yesterday, after being held in an Israeli jail for 20 years, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (C) hugs his nephews at the family home while celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar sits with his nephew Samer, 14, at the family home while celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17, 2008: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar speaks to a hometown crowd celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July, 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war which killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon. The 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (C) hugs his niece Synthia ,7, at the family home while celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (L) greets friends at the family home while celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar ( R) greets friends at the family home while celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut, Lebanon. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war, the 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • Siham (L), 69, mother of Druze Lebanese Samir Kantar, held in an Israel jail for the past 29 years, sits with Kantar's nephew next to a portrait of her son taken during his detention in Israel, at her home in the village of Abai on July 1, 2008. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said today an expected prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah was a "huge failure" for the Jewish state and a victory for the Shiite militant group. Among the prisoners to make a triumphant homecoming will be Samir Kantar, the longest-serving Arab prisoner in Israeli jails who was convicted in 1980 to serve 542 years for the murder of an Israeli civilian and his four-year-old daughter, as well as an Israeli policeman. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • AABAY, LEBANON -JULY 17, 2008: Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar greets a hometown crowd celebrating his release from an Israeli jail July, 17, 2008 in his mountain village of Aabay, outside of Beirut. Kantar was the most controversial prisoner released from Israel in a prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and Lebanon. Kantar was jailed for 29 years after being sentenced to five life terms for a triple murder in 1979. The agreement between Israel and Lebanon allowed Israel to recieve the bodies of two Israeli soldiers who were seized two years ago. The other four freed Hezbollah fighters were captured in the 2006 war which killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon. The 5 released were the last remaining Lebanese prisoners in Israeli jails. From Getty Images.
  • A pigeon flies as freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (L), wearing Hezbollah military fatigues, breaks the bars of a mock prison upon his arrival with his freed comrades (back) to attend public celebrations at a stadium in Beirut's southern suburb on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Handumeh Wushah, 72, the mother of Jaber Wushah, a former Palestinian cellmate of Samir Kantar, celebrates Kantar's release at her house in the Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed today by the Israeli authorities, among them triple murderer Kantar, have crossed into Lebanon, a Hezbollah official said. The prisoners were brought across the border in a convoy of four International Committee of the Red Cross vehicles. They were released in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers captured on July 12, 2006. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • In a pooled handout picture from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), freed Lebanese prisoners Samir Kantar (R), Maher Kurani (back-L) and Mohammed Sarur (back-R) arrive to the Israeli-Lebanese border to cross to Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Freed Lebanese prisoners (from L) Khaled Zidan, Maher Kurani, Mohammed Sarur, Hussein Suleiman and Samir Kantar, wearing Hezbollah milistary fatigues, pose at the airport in Beirut on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • (From L) Hezbollah's military chief in south Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qawuq, freed Lebanese prisoners Samir Kantar, Hussein Suleiman, Mohammed Sarur, Khaled Zidan and Maher Kurani, wearing Hezbollah military fatigues, raise their arms during a welcoming ceremony in Naqura in southern Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Handoumeh Wisah, 72, the mother of Jaber Wisah, a former cellmate of Samir Kantar, kisses a pictures of Kantar at her house in Bureij camp in central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 16, 2008. Wishah's informally "adopted" Kantar, visiting him regularly while her son was in jail. Dozens of Palestinians on Wednesday handed out sweets and waved yellow Hezbollah flags to celebrate what they saw as a major victory for the Lebanese guerrillas, who were preparing a hero's welcome for five prisoners returning home in exchange for the bodies of two Israeli soldiers. From AP Photo by HATEM MOUSSA.
  • Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar, wearing Hezbollah military fatigues, gestures as he arrives to Naqura in southern Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.
  • Freed Lebanese prisoner Samir Kantar (L), wearing Hezbollah military fatigues, waves as he stands next to Hezbollah's military chief in south Lebanon Sheikh Nabil Qawuq (C) and freed Lebanese prisoner Hussein Suleiman (R) upon their arrival in Naqura in southern Lebanon on July 16, 2008. Five Lebanese prisoners freed by the Israeli authorities arrived in Lebanon today, hours after Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers seized by its guerrillas two years ago. Among those freed in a prisoner swap greeted with triumph in Lebanon but anguish in Israel was Samir Kantar, who was sentenced to five life terms for a 1979 triple murder, including of a child. From Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images.

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