The high stakes in Lebanon's upcoming June 7 parliamentary elections -- which will see the Western-backed March 14 coalition and the Hezbollah-backed March 8 alliance go head to head -- is highlighted by a number of recent foreign visits, such as Vice President Joe Biden's surprise stop and meet with President Michel Suleiman there last week. And Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's Monday visit a few days later.
Biden's visit came on the heels of a stopover by Secretary...
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