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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/19/AR2007121901488.html
Sarkozy Losing Patience with Assad over Lebanon Presidential Election
[Reuters/Washington Post] The London-based al-Hayat quoted French President Nicolas Sarkozy as having told Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday to use "all the means of your influence to allow the realization of (the Lebanese presidential election)." "I will no longer make do with talk. I expect action and the last opportunity is Saturday and if the election does not happen I will clearly state my analysis of what happened," Sarkozy said in remarks published Wednesday. France has been leading efforts to mediate an end to the deep Lebanese political crisis, currently focused on the election of a new president. The election has already been postponed nine times.