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Forgetting all the hype about Lebanon's supposed recent march toward democracy becomes painfully easy when government officials do their best to discourage you from voting. Sweep aside, for a moment, the blazing rhetoric of opposition leaders, the tide of "people power" that recently flooded Beirut's streets and the relentless cries for accountability.

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