ELECTIONS IN LEBANON

Lebanese kids walk past campaign posters for Saad Hariri, son of the popular slain ex PM Rafik Hariri, in Beirut the evening before parliamentary elections are due to take place on May 28, 2005. The elections will be the first in thirty years to be held without the presence of Syrian troops in Lebanon. It is typical of Lebanese politics that a relative of a popular leader should ride the wave of popularity into public office...(UPI Photo/Stewart Innes)