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Urgent: Lebanese parliament elects president, ending 2.5-year vacancy

Xinhua, October 31, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Lebanese parliament on Monday elected former army chief Michel Aoun as the country's 13th president, ending a vacancy that lasted almost two and a half years. Endit