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Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yodhoyono inspects Indonesian soldiers, who are waiting to join U.N. forces in Lebanon, during a ceremony honoring the 61st anniversary of the country's Armed Forces Day in Jakarta, Thursday, Oct 5, 2006.
05 October 2006

Italian U.N. peacekeepers are seen next to an armoured personnel carrier as a farmer, rear, harvests hay near the southern port city of Naqoura, Lebanon, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2006. The Italians are part of a multi-national peacekeeping force to create a bufferzone close to the Lebanese-Israeli border aimed at cementing the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel.
04 October 2006

Belgian peacekeepers in an armoured personnel carrier patrol a street in Haryss village in south Lebanon October 4, 2006. The Belgian soldiers are part of the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFL).
04 October 2006

Lebanese soldiers took control Monday over the area under a United Nations-brokered cease-fire that ended 34 days of fighting between Hezbollah guerrillas and Israel Aug. 14. They are supported by a beefed-up U.N. peacekeeping mission as they move to extend Lebanese authority over the entire south.
02 October 2006

French U.N. peacekeepers are seen atop their armoured main battle tank Leclerc in Yaroun, southern Lebanon, Monday, Oct. 2, 2006. The French are taking up positions only a few miles away from the Lebanese-Israeli border maintaining a buffer-zone, part of efforts aimed at cementing the cease-fire between Hezbollah and Israel .
02 October 2006

Thai soldiers withdraw tanks from streets in Bangkok, Thailand, on Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. Retired army commander Gen. Sorayud Chulanont was expected to be named interim prime minister Sunday following the announcement of a temporary constitution which reserved considerable powers for Thailand's military coup makers.
01 October 2006

Russian soldiers walk in front of an armoured vehicle at the Russian Army headquarters in Tbilisi October 2, 2006.Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili shrugged off on Monday Moscow's harsh reaction to the arrest of four Russian army officers for spying, that fuelled a crisis in relations between the two ex-Soviet states.
01 October 2006

An Israeli soldier stand next to an armoured personnel carrier inside Israel , on the Israeli-Lebanese border near the southern village of Marwaheen, Lebanon, Sunday Oct. 1, 2006. The Israeli army abandoned positions in Lebanon early Sunday, withdrawing the last of its troops from its neighbor and fulfilling a key condition of the Aug. 14 cease-fire that ended a monthlong war against Hezbollah.
01 October 2006

Russian-made T-80 tanks pass by spectators during the annual Cyprus Independence Day military parade in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006. Cyprus gained independence from Britain in 1960.
01 October 2006