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Article: From afar, carrying hope for Lebanon; Syria's withdrawal and new elections buoy Minnesotans who fled their homeland.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 29, 2005
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Byline: Sharon Schmickle; Staff Writer
Rodrigue Constantin expects to board a flight for Beirut on Sunday without the soaring hope for his homeland that had filled his heart only a few weeks ago.
Then, Constantin watched television reports of Christians and Muslims uniting to demand the ouster of Syrian troops from his homeland.
Now, after three decades of bloody civil war and foreign occupation, Lebanese voters are going to the polls, beginning Sunday, to elect a new parliament as a first step toward a more stable and peaceful future.
But the unity of those heady days in April - when throngs of demonstrators demanded this moment of ...