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Lebanon braces for high-stakes election Sunday
[Al Arabiya Latest] Lebanon goes to the polls on Sunday in a high-stakes election set to determine whether the troubled nation will keep on a pro-Western course or take a tilt towards Iran.Close to 11,000 government employees involved in Lebanon's parliamentary election began casting their ballots on Thursday ahead of the weekend vote. "All those in charge of the polling stations on Sunday are casting their ballots today," a government official told AFP. Security measures were tight with monitors and security forces at every polling station, the official said. The vote is being fought out between a U.S.-backed coalition and an alliance headed by pro-Iranian Shiite group Hezbollah in a multi-confessional country scarred throughout its modern history by war and political instability. Washington said it will review its aid to Lebanon in the light of the outcome of Sunday's election. Posted by: Fred 2009-06-06 |
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