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Hariri predicts landslide opposition victory |
2005-05-17 |
![]() Hariri, 35, announced on Sunday a powerhouse list of 19 candidates for Beirut's three multi-member constituencies, which will be the first to go to the polls in Lebanon's phased elections. Ten of them are Christians and the rest Muslims, and they include a number of unlikely political alliances between former arch-foes from Lebanon's 1975-90 civil war. Hariri's list includes Solange Gemayel, widow of slain president-elect and Christian warlord Bashir Gemayel, the only candidate for Beirut's Maronite Christian seat, and Hizbullah candidate Amin Sherri for one of the two Shiite seats. Saad Hariri's list is expected to sweep the capital's three electora |
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