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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 

Ashrafiyeh (Christian area of Beirut) hit for the first time

...in Israel's 'war on Hizbollah'. Maybe they learnt that Hizbollah has Christian voters and candidates too.

The cobbled streets of Ashrafiyeh are the only surviving historic part of the city.

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