Lebanon's ready to vote but obstacles to change remain
By Ghassan Rubeiz
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Thursday, May 26, 2005
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Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon has increased freedom in the country, but Lebanon still faces internal threats: self-serving political leaders, a strange power-sharing formula that divides up power among religious sects, and an expanding national debt. Sectarian politics is the most fundamental structural problem in Lebanon.
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