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- WORLD, Page 57World NotesLEBANONThe Panes Of War
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- Sixty-two members of Lebanon's parliament convened last
- week in Saudi Arabia, meeting outside the country to avoid
- being intimidated by Syrian troops, who have occupied Beirut for
- the past three years. The session's goal: to enact political
- reforms called for in an Arab League peace plan that produced
- a cease-fire two weeks ago in the six-month-old civil war
- pitting Lebanon's Christians against the Syrians and their
- Muslim allies. The meeting will continue, said one member,
- "however long that takes."
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- Despite occasional gunfire, the truce held last week,
- allowing a semblance of normality to return to Beirut. Its
- residents have watched cease-fires come and go, but one
- promising tip-off suggests this one will last for a while. The
- price of plate glass for replacing the thousands of windowpanes
- shattered by gunfire and artillery barrages quadrupled within
- hours.
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