 Rival Lebanese leaders clinched a deal in Qatar yesterday to end an 18-month political feud that exploded into deadly sectarian fighting this month. Clockwise from above; Lebanese parliament speaker Nabih Berri (left) looks at Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani (centre) as he shares a laugh with Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Al-Siniora in Doha; Berri (right) gestures as he shares a laugh with former president Amin Gemayel (left); Christian Lebanese opposition leader General Michel Aoun (left) shakes hands with Al-Siniora at the end of the last session of talks in Doha; Lebanese officials look at parliamentary majority leader Saad Al-Hariri (right) as he kisses Hizbullah representative and MP Mohamed Raad; Druze leader Walid Jumblatt looks at his caricature given to him as a gift (below) (photos: AFP) 
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