In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (L) meets with former US secretary of state and chairperson of The National Democratic Institute For International Affairs, Madeleine Albright (R), at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut on May 6, 2009. Albright and former Canadian prime minister Joe Clark are on an assessment visit to Lebanon focused on the preparations for the parliamentary elections expected on June 7. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 months ago

In a handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman (L) meets with former US secretary of state and chairperson of The National Democratic Institute For International Affairs, Madeleine Albright (R), at the presidential palace of Baabda, east of Beirut on May 6, 2009. Albright and former Canadian prime minister Joe Clark are on an assessment visit to Lebanon focused on the preparations for the parliamentary elections expected on June 7.

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