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Article: Can the Arab League solve Lebanon's political crisis?(WORLD)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
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- January 8, 2008
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Byline: Nicholas Blanford Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
Beirut, Lebanon -- Amr Moussa, secretary-general of the Arab League, is expected in Beirut this week, the latest high-profile visit here in a string of efforts to solve Lebanon's six-week presidential deadlock.
He will push for the acceptance of a joint Arab proposal - a plan that supports the election of Army chief General Michel Suleiman - that was adopted unanimously Sunday at a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo. Syria, which backs the Lebanese political opposition to the Western-supported government, also approved the plan.
Where Mr. Moussa hopes to succeed, ...