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Article: Suleiman can learn a lot from Lahoud's mistakes.
- Article from:
- The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon)
- Article date:
- November 30, 2007
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Byline: Marc J Sirois
Summary: Lebanon is not even close to being out of the woods, but the emergence of General Michel Suleiman as the favorite for the presidency - vacated a week ago today by Emile Lahoud - has given the country a fighting chance to avoid, well, fighting. It is very rare for even an asterisk democracy like Lebanon to reach a point.
First person by Marc J. Sirois
Lebanon is not even close to being out of the woods, but the emergence of General Michel Suleiman as the favorite for the presidency - vacated a week ago today by Emile Lahoud - has given the country a fighting chance to avoid, well, fighting. It is very rare for even an asterisk ...