
A Lebanese Shiite woman cries during a ceremony to mark Ashura in southern Beirut, 09 January 2006. Hezbollah Shiite movement's leader, insisted on an apology over the Prophet Mohammed cartoons, as hundreds of thousands of Shiites gathered today in southern Beirut to mark the Ashura mourning ceremony. "Efforts for compromise are being made while the offensive campaign is gathering steam and more newspapers are publishing the cartoon. There will be no compromise before we get an apology," Hassan Nasrallah said.
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