Sultan Ajlouni embraces his mother after being released from prison near Amman August 20, 2008. Jordan, under pressure after a recent Hezbollah-Israel prisoner swap deal, freed on Wednesday four militants transferred from Israeli prisons last year to continue reduced sentences for killing Israelis, officials said. Reuters Pictures 10 months ago

Sultan Ajlouni embraces his mother after being released from prison near Amman August 20, 2008. Jordan, under pressure after a recent Hezbollah-Israel prisoner swap deal, freed on Wednesday four militants transferred from Israeli prisons last year to continue reduced sentences for killing Israelis, officials said.

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  7. Members of the Lebanese Hezbollah parliamentary bloc arrive at the Lebanese Parliament for the election of the house speaker in Beirut on June 25, 2009. Shiite leader Nabih Berri was re-elected to a fifth consecutive term as parliament speaker, consolidating his position as one of Lebanon's most influential politicians.
  8. Deputy secretary-general of Lebanese Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, speaks during an interview with AFP at his office in Beirut on June 25, 2009. The Shiite cleric said that there is an obvious foreign interference in Iran that aimed to shake the Islamic republic but the ongoing protests following the June 12 disputed presidential election are coming to an end.
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  11. Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Kassem speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office in Beirut's suburbs June 10, 2009.
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