People flee Lebanon by the thousands (AP/Reteurs) Updated: 2006-07-18 20:30

An elderly Swedish woman waits to board a bus in Beirut July 18, 2006, to be
evacuated from Lebanonon, from a road intersection, leading out of the Hezbollah
stronghold of south Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, July 18, 2006. About 850 Swedes
among about 5,000 in Lebanon have been evacuated, most to Aleppo in northern
Syria. 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]
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