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Voters in the South will go to the ballots in the next round of the elections on Sunday tied by limited choices and facing sluggishly prearranged polls. Politicians' eyes now turn to  other areas, where "real battles loaded with surprises" are being carefully prepared or being defused in Mount Lebanon, West Bekaa and the North.

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