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It's the measure of good politicians that they know when to be in the right place at the right time. That is apparently not a lesson greatly disturbing the man alleged to be the most powerful in the land: Saad Hariri. An absentee landlord, he has spent many months abroad. Security is an understandable concern, but if Hariri wants to replace his father.

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