Lebanon presidential election: pick your killer candidate

Meet the three most popular candidates to take over the presidency – and pray that MPs find an alternative

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BEIRUT - Britons might find the Cameron-Clegg–Miliband-Farage quartet uninspiring. But sometimes, just sometimes, you thank your lucky stars that British politicians are so straight down the line that the merest whiff of a spliff or a fiddled expenses claim is cause for national concern.

In Lebanon, things couldn't be more different.

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Venetia Rainey is a Middle East correspondent for TheWeek.co.uk based in Lebanon where she works for the national English-language paper, The Daily Star. Follow her on Twitter @venetiarainey.