In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, heads the first meeting of the new cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri formed a Cabinet Monday that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the deeply divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 week ago

In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, heads the first meeting of the new cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Lebanon's prime minister Saad Hariri formed a Cabinet Monday that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the deeply divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence.

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  1. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protective suits, Israeli police evacuate the 'victim' of a chemical warfare terror attack at a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  2. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: An ultra-Orthodox Jew plays the role of a fatality of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  3. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Israeli rescue workers rush to wear their DuPont protective suits on arrival at a shopping mall at the start of a training exercise simulating a chemical warfare terror attack in the mall's food court on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  4. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: An Israeli rescue worker wears a DuPont protective suit as she deploys outside a shopping mall during a training exercise simulating a chemical warfare terror attack in the mall's food court on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  5. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing a protecive suit, an Israeli fireman looks for signs of life in an ultra-Orthodox Jew who plays the roles of a fatality of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  6. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Ultra-Orthodox Jews play the roles of fatalities of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  7. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protecive suits, Israeli police search for survivors amongst the ultra-Orthodox Jews who play the roles of fatalities of a chemical warfare terror attack in the food court of a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  8. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: Wearing protective suits, Israeli police evacuate the 'victim' of a chemical warfare terror attack in a shopping mall during a training exercise on November 15, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. With the Lebanese Hezbollah militia threatening that all of the Jewish State is in range of its missiles, and the Islamic group Hamas in Gaza test-firing missiles that can reach as far as Tel Aviv, Israeli security forces all over the country have held recently civil defence exercises with both mass casualty and chemical warfare scenarios.
  9. Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) arrives to attend thef irst meeting of the newly formed cabinet at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut, on November 10, 2009. The new government was formed late on November 9 by Hariri following more than four months of tough negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition on the distribution of portfolios and the choice of ministers.
  10. In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri seen, during a press conference after meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman at the presidential summer residence in Beiteddine Palace, southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Hariri said he is abandoning efforts to form a new government after parliament minority rejected his proposed list for a national unity Cabinet.
  11. In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, left, meets with Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri, right, at the presidential summer residence in Beiteddine Palace, southeast of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Sept. 10, 2009. Hariri said he is abandoning efforts to form a new government after parliament minority rejected his proposed list for a national unity Cabinet.
  12. Outgoing Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fawzi Sallukh (L) shakes hands with newly-appointed Foreign Minister Ali Al-Shami (R) during a handover ceremony at the ministry' headquarters in Beirut on November 12, 2009. Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed the new unity government late November 9, 2009, after more than four months of difficult negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
  13. Newly-apointed Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Shami poses during a handover ceremony with outgoing FM Fawzi Sallukh (not pictured) at the ministry's headquarters in Beirut on November 12, 2009. Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed the new unity government late November 9, 2009 after more than four months of difficult negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
  14. Two Lebanese environmental activists wearing masks of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun, left, play a short stunt show against climate change at a popular beach in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday Nov. 12, 2009. The activity was organized by the global league of activists (IndyACT) to highlight the fact after more then three months of the endless fighting on Lebanese political gains it is time for Lebanon to engage the global community in the fight against climate change. The activist called for making climate change one of the new cabinet's top priorities.
  15. Outgoing Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Fawzi Sallukh (L) shakes hands with newly-appointed Foreign Minister Ali Al-Shami (R) during a handover ceremony at the ministry' headquarters in Beirut on November 12, 2009. Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed the new unity government late November 9, 2009, after more than four months of difficult negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition.
  16. Newly-apointed Lebanese Foreign Minister Ali Al-Shami poses during a handover ceremony with outgoing FM Fawzi Sallukh (not pictured) at the ministry's headquarters in Beirut on November 12, 2009. Prime Minister Saad Hariri formed the new unity government late November 9, 2009 after more than four months of difficult negotiations with the Hezbollah-led opposition.

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