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Lebanese nationals queue to cast their ballots in the middle-eastern nations parliamentary election at a polling station set up at the Lebanese School in Abidjan on April 29, 2018. - Lebanon has not held a parliamentary polls since 2009 and a new law now allows Lebanese living abroad to vote for the first time since independence in 1943. Some 116 polling stations in Lebanese embassies and consulates in 39 countries are set up to vote, but only an estimated 82,900 people have registered to take part. (Photo by ISSOUF SANOGO / AFP) (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)