[IMG]https://s1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4aZnQjp7.UKy_NQXxqTndw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-06-09T155356Z_1_LYNXMPEA580LK_RTROPTP_2_LEBA**N-TELECOMS.JPG[/IMG]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 neighboring 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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