In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) walks with Lebanese parliament majority leader Saad Hariri (R) during a meeting in Beirut on June 16, 2008. Rice said on a visit to Beirut today that it was time for UN action on a disputed Lebanese border district occupied by Israel that Shiite militant group Hezbollah has pledged to liberate. Hariri said his pro-Western bloc too would impress upon the top US diplomat that Shebaa Farms belongs to Lebanon. Getty Images logo Getty Images 18 months ago

In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) walks with Lebanese parliament majority leader Saad Hariri (R) during a meeting in Beirut on June 16, 2008. Rice said on a visit to Beirut today that it was time for UN action on a disputed Lebanese border district occupied by Israel that Shiite militant group Hezbollah has pledged to liberate. Hariri said his pro-Western bloc too would impress upon the top US diplomat that Shebaa Farms belongs to Lebanon.

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  2. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, right, smiles during a taped interview with RAI state television "Che Tempo Che Fa" (The Weather That Is) talkshow host Fabio Fazio, at a television studio in Milan, northern Italy, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009.
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  8. 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.
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  10. BEIRUT, LEBANON - DECEMBER 07: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (L) during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri on December 7, 2009 in Beirut, Lebanon.
  11. BEIRUT, LEBANON - DECEMBER 07: In this handout image provided by the Palestinian Press Office (PPO) President of the Palestinian National Authority, Mahmoud Abbas (L) during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri on December 7, 2009 in Beirut, Lebanon.
  12. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas leaves the Government House after meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he is for reconciliation with his rivals in the militant Hamas group.
  13. Afghan opposition candidate Abdullah Abdullah (R) shakes hands with United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon (C) as United Nation's special envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide (L, background) looks on prior to a meeting in Kabul on November 2, 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon flew into Kabul on November 2 to meet President Hamid Karzai over the Afghan election crisis with organisers to announce whether or not to scrap the poll after the only challenger pulled out. The surprise visit from Ban accompanied a diplomatic push to ensure the November 7 one-horse race does not take place, despite the initial insistence from some officials that it is too late to halt the process.
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