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Tue 06 Jun 2009Lebanon's ruling parties defy polls to retain power
LEBANON’S ruling pro-western coalition staged a dramatic electoral upset on Sunday by winning 71 seats in the country’s 128 member parliament. Official results, announced yesterday, confirmed early counts.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Syrian- and Iranian-backed Hizbullah-led opposition, which won 57 seats, said yesterday: “We accept these results... with sportsmanship and in a democratic way and we accept that the ruling camp has achieved the parliamentary majority,” he said .
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