#Lebanon: US watching presidential elections closely, no favored candidate yet
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Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam (C) casts his vote to elect the new Lebanese president in the parliament building in downtown Beirut on April 23, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Joseph Eid) Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam (C) casts his vote to elect the new Lebanese president in the parliament building in downtown Beirut on April 23, 2014. (Photo: AFP-Joseph Eid)
Slowly, international attention is beginning to turn to the #Lebanese_presidential_elections, as if it was waiting for the post to be vacant to display enthusiasm. Ambassadors are urging the election of a president before the constitutional deadline [on May 25]. They are watching the different actors without directly intervening or favoring a specific candidate. They (...)