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Article: Lahoud makes an early mark.(Emile Lahoud)
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- MEED Middle East Economic Digest
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- December 11, 1998
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The honeymoon for Lebanon's new president, Emile Lahoud, has been short and not particularly sweet. David Butter and James Gavin report on how the popular former army commander is coping with the refusal of Rafiq Hariri to serve as prime minister of a new government
Beirut, for all the high-flown pretensions of its citizens, is rather a small city. And it has become quickly apparent that it is not big enough to accommodate the political ambitions of its two most powerful men. When President Emile Lahoud left parliament on 24 November after delivering a rapturously received inaugural address, it was assumed that he would get straight down to work on his reformist ...