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Lebanon MPs elect Aoun president, ending 29-month void

BEIRUT, Oct 31, (APP/AFP) – Lebanon’s parliament on Monday elected former general Michel Aoun president, ending a vacuum and political stalemate of more than two years. Live footage from the vote count in the country’s parliament showed that Aoun had received more than the 50 percent-plus-one majority of 65 votes needed for him to be elected president.