Lebanese choose first MP's for 20 years

In the first elections in Lebanon for 20 years, the pro-Iranian Shia Moslem Hizbollah guerrilla group was transformed to a mainstream political party. There is large support for this group, as it is the only one which opposes the Israeli settlements in the South. People have also been influenced by Iranian investment in the area to provide such facilities as schools and hospitals. Although some ballot boxes have gone missing, which favours the government, the elections are thought by most exept the Maronites, who are loosing support, to be fair.