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Article: Lebanon President Leaves Post
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SCOTT SIMON
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
11-24-2007
Lebanon President Leaves Post
Host: SCOTT SIMON
Time 12:00-13:00 PM
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SCOTT SIMON, host:
This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon.
Lebanon's President Emile Lahoud, who has been backed by Syria, stepped down last night after nine years in office, and the country now has no president because rival factions in parliament have been unable to come up with a compromise candidate. With tensions rising, soldiers have been deployed in the capital to keep the peace.
NPR's Ivan Watson reports from Beirut.
IVAN WATSON: At the stroke of midnight on Friday, Emile Lahoud left the presidential palace for the last time, ...
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