No Successor in Lebanon

A crisis in Lebanon reached a boil when President Emile Lahoud said the country is in a "state of emergency" and handed security powers to the army hours before leaving office without a successor. Lahoud's announcement added to an already unsettled situation, which many Lebanese fear could explode into a violent civil war.

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