Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri (L) talks to French Prime Minister Francois Fillon during their meeting in Beirut on September 28, 2009. Fillon, who attended the opening ceremony of the Francophone Games in the Lebanese capital on September 27, is holding meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri (L) talks to French Prime Minister Francois Fillon during their meeting in Beirut on September 28, 2009. Fillon, who attended the opening ceremony of the Francophone Games in the Lebanese capital on September 27, is holding meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations.

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  1. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, right, and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, left, attend a military parade to mark the 66th anniversary of Lebanon's independence, in central Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. Lebanon gained independence from France in 1943.
  2. (From L-R) Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, President Michel Suleiman, former President Amin Gemayel, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Elias al-Murr watch a military parade to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Lebanon's independence day in downtown Beirut November 22, 2009.
  3. Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (C), Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) and Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (R) stand during a military parade to celebrate the 66th anniversary of Lebanon's independence day in downtown Beirut November 22, 2009.
  4. In this photo released by Lebanon's official government photographer Dalati Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, front center, poses with Prime Minister Saad Hariri, fifth right, and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, fifth left, for an official picture with the new Cabinet at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009. Lebanon's prime minister 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.
  5. Members of Lebanon's new cabinet pose for an official group photo at the presidential palace in Baabda, November 10, 2009. The members are: (front row L-R) Minister of State Adnan Qassar, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Michel Pharaon, Minister of Displaced People Akram Chehayeb, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Elias al- Murr, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, Minister of Labor Boutros Harb, Minister of Public Works and Transport Ghazi Aridi, Minister of Sport and Youth ALi Abdullah, Minister of Health Mohammad Khalifeh. (Middle row L- R) Minister of Agriculture Hussein Haj Hassan, Interior Minister Ziad Baroud, Minister of State Wael Abu Faour, Minister of State for Administrative Development Mohammad Fneish, Minister of Information Tareq Mitri, Minister of Economy and Trade Mohammad Safadi, Minister of State Jean Oghassabian, Minister of Justice Ibrahim Najjar, Minister of Energy and Water Gebran Bassil, Minister of Industry Apraham Dedeyan. (Back row L-R) Minister of Environment Mohammed Rahhal, Minister of State Youssef Saade, Minister of Education Hassan Mneimneh, Minister of Telecommunications Charbel Nahhas, Minister of State Mona Ofeish, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali al-Shami, Minister of State Adnan Sayyed Hussein, Minister of Tourism Fadi Abboud, Minister of Finance Raya Haffar Hassan, Minister of Culture Salim Warde.
  6. Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (R) and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, November 9, 2009. Al-Hariri handed in a new national unity government list to Suleiman on Monday that includes two ministers from the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hezbollah, officials said.
  7. A handout picture released by the Hezbollah media office shows Hezbollah's Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah (R) meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (3rd R), MP Michel Aoun (C), leader of the Free Patriotic Movement, MP Suleiman Franjieh (2nd R), Leader of Marada movement, Minister of Communications Jubran Basil (2nd L), MP Ali Hassan Khalil (3rd L) and Hezbollah official Hussein al-Khalil (L) in Beirut November 6, 2009. Lebanon's opposition, including Iranian-backed Hezbollah, agreed on Friday to join a national unity government proposed by Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri, a senior opposition source said. Picture taken November 6, 2009.
  8. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon (L) reviews an honour guard before his meeting with Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut on September 28, 2009. Fillon, who attended the opening ceremony of the Francophone Games in the Lebanese capital on September 27, is holding meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations.
  9. Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri (R) meets with French Prime Minister Francois Fillon in Beirut on September 28, 2009. Fillon, who attended the opening ceremony of the Francophone Games in the Lebanese capital on September 27, is holding meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations.
  10. Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri (L) talks to French Prime Minister Francois Fillon during their meeting in Beirut on September 28, 2009. Fillon, who attended the opening ceremony of the Francophone Games in the Lebanese capital on September 27, is holding meetings with Lebanese officials to discuss regional issues and bilateral relations.
  11. Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri (L) meets with parliament speaker Nabih Berri as part of consultation meetings with the parliamentary bloc on the formation of a new cabinet at Parliament in Beirut September 24, 2009.
  12. Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri arrives at the Baabda presidential palace, east of Beirut, to attend consultations for appointing a prime minister on September 15, 2009. Lebanese President Michel Sleiman began consultations with MPs in a new bid to appoint a prime minister after Saad Hariri, the majority leader in parliament, abandoned efforts to form a unity cabinet.
  13. Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with parliament speaker Nabih Berri at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut September 15, 2009. Lebanon's president began talks on Tuesday expected to result in Saad al-Hariri being nominated for a second time to form a government -- a task seen as complicated by rising political tension.
  14. The head of Lebanon's Amal movement, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, addresses the crowd during a ceremony held by the Shiite Muslim movement in Beirut on August 31, 2009 to commemorate the disappearance of the former head of the Higher Shiite Council in Lebanon, Imam Musa al-Sadr. Sadr, the founder of the Amal movement which played a major role in Lebanon's civil war between 1975 and 1990, vanished while on a trip to Libya in 1978. Lebanon issued last year an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi over Sadr's disappearance, thirty years earlier.
  15. The head of Lebanon's Amal movement, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, addresses the crowd during a ceremony held by the Shiite Muslim movement in Beirut on August 31, 2009 to commemorate the disappearance of the former chief of the Higher Shiite Council in Lebanon, Imam Musa al-Sadr. Sadr, the founder of the Amal movement which played a major role in Lebanon's civil war between 1975 and 1990, vanished while on a trip to Libya in 1978. Lebanon issued last year an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi over Sadr's disappearance, thirty years earlier.
  16. The head of Lebanon's Amal movement, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, addresses the crowd during a ceremony held by the Shiite Muslim movement in Beirut on August 31, 2009 to commemorate the disappearance of the former head of the Higher Shiite Council in Lebanon, Imam Musa al-Sadr (portrait-R). Sadr, the founder of the Amal movement which played a major role in Lebanon's civil war between 1975 and 1990, vanished while on a trip to Libya in 1978. Lebanon issued last year an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Moammer Kadhafi over Sadr's disappearance, thirty years earlier.

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