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June 3, 2010

Now Lebanon - Israel releases Lebanese flotilla activists, June 3, 2010

Four Lebanese activists detained during an Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla earlier in the week were freed on Wednesday night and given a hero's welcome at the Lebanese-Israeli border.

Dozens cheered, waving the Lebanese, Palestinian and Turkish flag and throwing rice and flowers, as Abbas Hussein Hassan Nasser, Hussein Mohammed Shukur, Andre Abi Khalil and Hani Hussein Sleiman crossed the border at Naqoura.

An AFP correspondent said representatives of President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Saad Hariri and Speaker Nabih Berri as well as lawmakers from Hezbollah were also present.

Israel had handed over the four men, who were visibly tired, to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

Sleiman, who suffered a gunshot wound to a foot, arrived in an ambulance.
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