A man sunbathes as he sits next to a swimming pool smoking a waterpipe, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday June 22, 2007. Tiny Lebanon seems to endure, despite the snowballing political and security crises. The army is locked in brutal fighting with Islamic militants in the north, rockets were launched on Israel from the south, Palestinian refugee camps are boiling with tension, Beirut area bombs have killed a prominent politician and a political impasse is threatening to split the country behind two governments. AP Photo logo AP Photo 24 months ago

A man sunbathes as he sits next to a swimming pool smoking a waterpipe, in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday June 22, 2007. Tiny Lebanon seems to endure, despite the snowballing political and security crises. The army is locked in brutal fighting with Islamic militants in the north, rockets were launched on Israel from the south, Palestinian refugee camps are boiling with tension, Beirut area bombs have killed a prominent politician and a political impasse is threatening to split the country behind two governments.

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