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Sunday, May 31, 1998 Published at 14:42 GMT 15:42 UK
World: Middle East
Polls close in Lebanon
No shortage of campaign posters for voters in the city of Tripoli
People in Lebanon have voted in the second stage of municipal elections which began last week.
On Sunday almost 2,000 council seats and more than 150 mayoral positions were being decided in the north of the country.
Officials results are expected on Monday.
During the first round of voting, in the Mount Lebanon area, the Christian opposition and the Shi'ite group, Hezbollah, defeated government-backed candidates in many municipalities.
Voting in Beirut and the south - except the Israeli-held area - will take place in the next two weeks.
They are the first municipal elections in Lebanon for 35 years.
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