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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, left, shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009.

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Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, seen, at al-Shaab presidential palace, in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, seen with Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al-Saud, at al-Shaab presidential palace in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday Oct. 7, 2009.

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In this photo taken Saturday, July 25, 2009, a billboard showing former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri with an Arabic writing that reads:" nobody is greater than his homeland," is seen in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon.

Lebanon's newly appointed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) pays respects with Lebanon's former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora at the grave of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut June 27,2009.

Lebanon's newly appointed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) pays respect with Lebanon's former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (2nd L) at the grave of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut June 27,2009.

Lebanon's newly appointed Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri (L) pays respect with Lebanon's former Prime Minister Fouad Siniora (R) at the grave of assassinated former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in Beirut June 27, 2009.

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Lebanese Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri, left, stands next to the outgoing Prime Minister Fuad Saniora, as the pray at the grave of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, on Satirday June 27, 2009.

Lebanon's Parliament majority leader Saad al-Hariri sits next to a portrait of his father, assassinated former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, during a meeting with U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell at his home in Beirut June 12, 2009.

Lebanese soldiers on armoured personnel carriers secure the area near Future Television in Beirut 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.

A Lebanese soldier on an armoured personnel carrier patrols a street in Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 7, 2009.

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Members of a special commando unit of the Lebanese army sit on their armored personnel carrier during a patrol ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, as they pass in front of a poster of slain former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri with an Arabic words read:" Your blood is prec...

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A Lebanese woman walks by posters of pro-Western candidate Mohammed al Safadi, right, killed Lebanese army officer Mej.

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Lebanese elderly men rest in the shadow of a tree, backdropped with posters of pro-Western candidate Mohammed al Safadi, right, killed Lebanese army officer Mej.

Cars travelling to the Syrian border pass election campaign posters in the Bekaa Valley town of Bar Elias, which is under the "March 14" Alliance, June 5, 2009.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 3, 2009. The former president's Atlanta-based Carter Center is among a host of international and local observer missions monitoring the June 7 vote.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, is received by protocol official at the Lebanese Foreign Ministry George Siam upon his arrival at Rafik Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, ,Wednesday, June 3, 2009.

Lebanese soldiers on a armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in Sidon, southern lebanon, May 27, 2009.

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A Shiite woman, holds a poster of Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah during a rally marking the ninth anniversary of Israel's troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 25, 2009.

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Hezbollah supporters wave Lebanese and Hezbollah flags as they listen to a speech by Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, made via a video link from a secret location on a giant screen, during a rally marking the ninth anniversary of Israel's troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon,...

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A yong girl, gestures, in front of Lebanese and Hezbollah flags during a rally marking the ninth anniversary of Israel's troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon, at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 25, 2009.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, stands next to the Lebanese majority leader, lawmaker Saad Hariri, as two Russian army officers, put a wreath at the grave of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday May 25, 2009.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, shakes hands with Lebanese majority leader, lawmaker Saad Hariri, right, at the grave of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday May 25, 2009.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, speaks with Lebanese majority leader, lawmaker Saad Hariri, right, at the grave of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday May 25, 2009.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, signs a condolence book at the grave of slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, his poster seen in the background, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday May 25, 2009.