Exiled leader Aoun back in Beirut

Sunday, May 8, 2005

BEIRUT, Lebanon -- Defeated in a battle against Syrian control of his country 15 years ago and sent into exile, Gen. Michel Aoun returned Saturday to a rousing welcome from thousands of supporters in a homeland recently freed of Syrian troops.

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