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Lebanese vote at a polling station at the St. Antonios school in Kfarshima, Baabda district, southeast of Beirut.

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Lebanese Elections

Lebanese vote at a polling station at the St. Antonios school in Kfarshima, Baabda district, southeast of Beirut.

by Tim Fitzsimons in Lebanon on 07/06/2009

Scenes from election day in North Lebanon.

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Lebanon voters favour March-14 alliance

Scenes from election day in North Lebanon.

by George Haddad in Lebanon on 07/06/2009

It is election day in Lebanon. In Zahle voters show their blue finger, check the voter register, two nuns go to vote and one voter shows  support through painting their car orange in support of the Free Patriotic Movement. In Beirut in Sodeco trouble at the polling station results in the army having to take away by force one supporter and the sister of Nadim Gemayel tries to interfere but is lead away by her bodyguards.

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Lebanon Election Day

On the 7th June, 2009 Lebanese go to the polls around the country to vote in parliamentary elections. Beirut and Zahle, Lebanon. 07/06/09.

by Deen Sharp in Lebanon on 06/06/2009

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Scenes from election day in North Lebanon.
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Lebanese vote at a polling station at the St. Antonios school in Kfarshima, Baabda district, southeast of Beirut.
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