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The two sisters of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, sit at a beach as one of them, left, holds her brothers pictures, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport.

The two sisters of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, sit at a beach as one of them, left, holds her brothers pictures, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport.

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Lebanese civil defense workers from the marine rescue unit continue operations in the search for victims bodies and parts of the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on January 25 into the sea, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport Saturday.

Lebanese civil defense workers from the marine rescue unit continue operations in the search for victims bodies and parts of the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on January 25 into the sea, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport Saturday.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk alongside his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk alongside his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, carry his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, carry his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk next to his coffin carried on a boat during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk next to his coffin carried on a boat during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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Two Lebanese soldiers, left, are seen silhouetted through a Lebanese flag as they guard the shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

Two Lebanese soldiers, left, are seen silhouetted through a Lebanese flag as they guard the shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

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Two Lebanese soldiers, left, are seen silhouetted by a Lebanese flag as they guard at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

Two Lebanese soldiers, left, are seen silhouetted by a Lebanese flag as they guard at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

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With a picture of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini on his shirt, left, a member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, hold candles during a vigil for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

With a picture of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini on his shirt, left, a member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, hold candles during a vigil for the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers tributes into the sea on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

A member of Hezbollah's youth movement, the Mahdi Scouts, throws flowers tributes into the sea on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010, in memory of the victims of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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A Lebanese soldier stands guard next to a Lebanese flag erected at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week.

A Lebanese soldier stands guard next to a Lebanese flag erected at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week.

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A Lebanese soldier, right, is seen silhouetted as he guards next to a Lebanese flag erected at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

A Lebanese soldier, right, is seen silhouetted as he guards next to a Lebanese flag erected at a shore where rescue teams search for debris and bodies of the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week south of Beirut, officials said Tuesday.

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Lebanese Red Cross workers carry a dead body retrieved today from the sea believed to be one of the people who were on the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

Lebanese Red Cross workers carry a dead body retrieved today from the sea believed to be one of the people who were on the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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Lebanese Red Cross workers carry a dead body believed to be of one of the people who were on the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

Lebanese Red Cross workers carry a dead body believed to be of one of the people who were on the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at the Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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Two Ethiopian women, Panshy, right, and Helen, left, look out to sea, after they lost their cousin Azib who one of those was aboard the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at Kahlde beach, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

Two Ethiopian women, Panshy, right, and Helen, left, look out to sea, after they lost their cousin Azib who one of those was aboard the Ethiopian plane that crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on January 25, at Kahlde beach, south of Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday Feb. 2, 2010. A Lebanese forensics team has returned from Ethiopia with DNA samples from relatives to help identify victims of the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash last week. Search operations continued Tuesday for the plane and the black box. Last week, a U.S. Navy ship, the USS Ramage, detected signals from the black box flight recorders at a depth of 4,265 feet (1,300 meters).

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Lebanese soldiers stand guard as national flags are seen erected on the beach of khalde, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A Lebanese army official said Monday more reinforcements are on their way to Lebanon to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines that crashed last week south of Beirut as Lebanon's navy, a U.S. military ship and civilian boat continued search operations.

Lebanese soldiers stand guard as national flags are seen erected on the beach of khalde, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A Lebanese army official said Monday more reinforcements are on their way to Lebanon to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines that crashed last week south of Beirut as Lebanon's navy, a U.S. military ship and civilian boat continued search operations.

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School children throw flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Boeing 737 that crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Jan. 25, in front of Khalde beach, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A Lebanese army official said Monday more reinforcements are on their way to Lebanon to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines that crashed last week south of Beirut as Lebanon's navy, a U.S. military ship and civilian boat continued search operations.

School children throw flowers into the sea in memory of the victims of the Boeing 737 that crashed into the Mediterranean sea on Jan. 25, in front of Khalde beach, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. A Lebanese army official said Monday more reinforcements are on their way to Lebanon to help in the search for an Ethiopian Airlines that crashed last week south of Beirut as Lebanon's navy, a U.S. military ship and civilian boat continued search operations.

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Lebanese citizens sit at a beach coffee shop enjoy a sunny day, as waves break onto the nearby sea wall, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

Lebanese citizens sit at a beach coffee shop enjoy a sunny day, as waves break onto the nearby sea wall, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

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Lebanese women, foreground, sit at a beach coffee shop, as an Italian UN vessel, background, is seen off the shore taking part in the search for the people who were aboard the plane and the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Monday into the sea, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

Lebanese women, foreground, sit at a beach coffee shop, as an Italian UN vessel, background, is seen off the shore taking part in the search for the people who were aboard the plane and the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on Monday into the sea, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2010.

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The two sisters of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, sit at a beach as one of them, left, holds her brothers pictures, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport.

The two sisters of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash victims Fuad and Abbas Jaber, sit at a beach as one of them, left, holds her brothers pictures, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport.

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Lebanese civil defense workers from the marine rescue unit continue operations in the search for victims bodies and parts of the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on January 25 into the sea, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport Saturday.

Lebanese civil defense workers from the marine rescue unit continue operations in the search for victims bodies and parts of the wreckage of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed on January 25 into the sea, in Naameh, south of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Lebanese Transportation Minister Ghazi Aridi said the black box was located at a depth of 150 feet (45 meters) off the coastal village of Naameh just south of Beirut airport Saturday.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, mourn over his coffin in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk alongside his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, walk alongside his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

AP 

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, carry his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

Relatives and friends of diver Albert Assal, one of the passengers killed in the Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 that crashed on January 25, carry his coffin during his funeral procession, in Batroun village, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday Feb. 5, 2010. The Boeing 737 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on Jan. 25 just minutes after takeoff from Beirut in a fierce thunderstorm. All 90 people on board were presumed dead and the plane's black box and main body have not been found.

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