FORMER LEBANESE PM MEETS WITH LAHOUD

Lebanese President Emile Lahoud (L) walks out his office after a meeting with former prime minister Omar Karami (R) at the presidential palace in Baabda near Beirut, October 21, 2004. President Emile Lahoud was set to appoint Omar Karami as Lebanon's prime minister on Thursday, a move that could strengthen Syria's role in Lebanon in the face of international pressure on Damascus to quit its neighbor. (UPI Photo/Mohammed Tawil)