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Emile Lahoud last week swore that even if he ended up alone in the presidential palace, he would complete his mandate in two years' time. You have to wonder, however, if he isn't already cruelly alone. The president's band of brothers is dwindling as its members are hauled off for questioning in the investigation of Rafik Hariri's assassination.

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