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…Clockwise from far left: A Lebanese youngster plays on abandoned Israeli artillery after the IDF pulled out of southern Lebanon. Israeli peace activists wave signs in support of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak in Jerusalem on July 11. Lebanese citizens carry Ahmed Obeid on their shoulders to celebrate his release from an Israeli prison Dec. 27. Five Lebanese Shiite Muslim guerrillas released by Israel in an apparent goodwill gesture arriv...…
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