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| | Lebanon (country) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Lebanon (country) |
 | | Country in western Asia, bounded north and east by Syria, south by Israel, and west by the Mediterranean Sea. |
| | Hezbollah guerrillas, however, remained active in the south of the country, provoking intermittent raids by Israeli forces which continued to occupy a buffer zone. |
| | Under the 1926 constitution, amended in 1927, 1929, 1943, 1947, and 1990, legislative power is held by the national assembly, whose 128 members (half of whom are Christians, and half Muslims) are elected by universal adult suffrage, through a party list system of proportional representation. |
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