Lebanon

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An Israeli soldier cleans a weapon as he stands near the site of an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Israeli soldiers came under fire Tuesday during a routine patrol along the Lebanese border, the army said, sparking the most intense clashes with forces inside Lebanon since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

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Smoke rises from the southern border village of Adaisseh after an exchange of fire between Israeli and Lebanese troops along the border between Israel and Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

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A Lebanese soldier holds his rifle as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)

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UNIFIL peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the disputed border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)

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A U.N. peacekeeper waves a U.N. flag as Israeli troops patrol the border in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. A senior Israeli officer, two Lebanese soldiers and a journalist. were killed in the clashes. Tuesday's fighting was the most serious since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Ronith Daher)

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U.N. peacekeepers gesture as Israeli troops patrol the border fence in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago, and Lebanon said at least two of its soldiers were killed in shelling, authorities said. (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)

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A Lebanese soldier holds his rifle as Israeli troops patrol the border fence in the southern border village of Adaisseh, Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010. Lebanon and Israeli troops exchanged fire on the border Tuesday in the most serious clashes since a fierce war four years ago. (AP Photo/Lutfallah Daher)

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Saudi King Abdullah, left, and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, talk to each other as they step off the plane upon their arrival at Rafik Hariri international airport, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Friday, July 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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A Shiite scout boy stands in between two posters of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died on Sunday, during his funeral procession at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Tens of thousands of people swarmed the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric as it made its way through the streets of south Beirut to the mosque for burial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Shiite supporters carry the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died on Sunday, during his funeral procession at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Tens of thousands of people swarmed the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric as it made its way through the streets of south Beirut to the mosque for burial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lebanese Shiite women mourn as they take pictures for the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died on Sunday, during his funeral procession at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, 75, died Sunday after a long illness. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Shiite women mourn as they hold posters of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died on Sunday, during his funeral procession at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. The cleric was one of Shiite Islam's highest authorities and most revered religious figures. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Lebanese Shiite women mourn during the funeral procession of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, who died on Sunday, at the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Tens of thousands of people swarmed the coffin of Lebanon's top Shiite cleric as it made its way through the streets of south Beirut to the mosque for burial. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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Palestinian and Lebanese flags wave over fishing boats off Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Monday, June 21, 2010, during a demonstration supporting Lebanese ships planning to sail from Lebanon in an attempt to break the Israeli blockade of Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

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Associated press photographs Syrian military intelligence appears to be providing assistance to the U.N. special tribunal investigating the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri to shield Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (above) from blame.