Leba**n's deadlocked politicians fail again to choose president
 

Lebanese parliamentarians failed on Monday in their sixth attempt to elect a new president, extending the political vacuum that emerged when former President Michel Suleiman's term ended two weeks ago. The deadlock comes as the spillover from neighbouring Syria's civil war has deepened Leba**n's own longstanding divisions. Politicians from the March 8 coalition, which supports Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, boycotted Monday's parliamentary session, depriving it of a quorum. The boycott "is exposing the institutions and the country to danger and endangering political stability," Telecommunications Minister Boutros Harb said outside parliament.

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