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A Lebanese man (right) helps a Syrian family on Wednesday after they were shot by a Syrian border guard when they were crossing a river from Syria into Lebanon at the northern Lebanese-Syrian border town of Wadi Khaled in Akkar. (Associated Press)
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Shadi Mawlawi (center), a Lebanese critic of the Syrian regime who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried on his friends' shoulders as they celebrate his release from jail in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Tuesday. Earlier this month, his arrest set off several days of clashes. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime critic Shadi Mawlawi (center), who was accused of belonging to a terrorist group, is carried May 22, 2012, on his friends' shoulders in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, as they celebrate his release from jail. (Associated Press)
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Masked Sunni gunmen hold their weapons May 21, 2012, as they attend the funeral procession of anti-Syrian regime Sunni cleric Sheik Ahmed Abdul-Wahid, who was shot at a Lebanese army checkpoint, at his hometown village of Beireh, Lebanon. (Associated Press)
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A Sunni gunman (right) points toward a possible target during clashes in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Monday May 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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A Sunni gunman fires in a front of burned car on Sunday, May 13, 2012, during a clash in Tripoli, Lebanon. (AP Photo)
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A Sunni gunman fires during clashes in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Sunday, May 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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Zahi Zeidan, owner of Nocean restaurant in Tyre, Lebanon, says he will reopen after his business was bombed "because we serve alcohol." Four bombings in recent months have targeted liquor stores and restaurants in the port city, where much of the population shuns alcohol, which is forbidden in Islam. The country as a whole is the most tolerant in the Arab world. Beirut, the capital, is well-known for its bars and clubs frequented by locals and foreign tourists. (Associated Press)
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Relatives mourn for Ali Shaaban, a cameraman for the Al Jadeed television station who was filming in Lebanon's northern Wadi Khaled area when he was fatally shot in the chest by Syrian government forces. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese soldiers search a car during a raid at the Lebanese-Syrian border town of Qaa, in northeastern Lebanon, on Tuesday, March 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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An anti-Syrian regime protester holds a Syrian revolution flag and chants slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad during a demonstration after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, March 23, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
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Hassana Abu Firasl (left), a Syrian who fled the town of Qusair, near Homs, Syria, is seen with her family at the Lebanese-Syrian border village of Qaa, in eastern Lebanon, on Monday, March 5, 2012. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
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This photo from Jan. 20, 2012, shows a home with a sale pending sign, in Mount Lebanon, Pa. (Associated Press)
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Lebanese anti-Syrian regime protesters burn a Russian flag during a demonstration to show their solidarity with the Syrian people in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. (AP Photo)
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) and Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati attend the opening session of a conference on democracy in the Arab world in Beirut on Sunday, Jan. 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
