KOFI ANNAN TOURS BEIRUT'S BOMBED-OUT SOUTHERN SUBURBS
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and special U.N. envoy to Lebanon, Geir O. Pederson (left) speak with two Hezbollah members of Parliament as they tour Beirut's bombed-out southern suburbs with Lebanese government officials on August 28, 2006. Residents of the southern suburbs held up posters of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah as the entourage passed. Annan is on the first leg of a Middle East tour to strengthen the cease-fire in Lebanon. (UPI Photo)
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