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Thu 10 Oct 2010Iranian leader assures Beirut of continued support
BEIRUT – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad yesterday used a visit to Lebanon to assure the government that Tehran would stand by Beirut in confronting what he called hostilities from neighbouring Israel.
Mr Ahmadinejad, making the first official state visit by an Iranian president to Lebanon, was given a tumultuous welcome by thousands of Shia Muslims, who lined the road from the airport, throwing rice and petals at his motorcade.
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