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. 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. AP Photo logo AP Photo 11 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. 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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  4. Lebanese men carrying the Hezbollah yellow flag and the Shiite movement Amal green flags, celebrate the re-election of pro-Hezbollah Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri after he won 90 votes in the 128-member legislature, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, June 25, 2009. Lebanese lawmakers have overwhelmingly re-elected Berri despite the Iranian-backed militant group's recent election loss. The move to re-elect Nabih Berri signals the political factions' determination to work together toward a unity government.
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  6. 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.
  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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  15. Supporters of Hezbollah ride their scooters as they wave Hezbollah flags in Beirut's suburbs June 7, 2009. Lebanese voters cast ballots in a tightly contested general election on Sunday pitting a Western-backed coalition against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah and its allies.
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