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People flee Lebanon by the thousands

(AP/Reteurs)
Updated: 2006-07-18 20:30

A German woman and her daughter wait for a flight out at the airport in the early morning in Damascus July 18, 2006. Syrian authorities said more than 100,000 people, three-quarters of them foreigners, had crossed into Syria from Lebanon over the past five days to reach safety after Beirut airport was bombed and forced to close. Westerners fled by land, sea and air as Israel launched waves of bombings that hit south Beirut, the border and the eastern city of Baalbek in the early hours Tuesday.[Reuters]