First candidate says to contest Lebanon's presidential race
Lebanese Christian politician Samir Geagea announced on Friday he will run for president in an election due next month, the first candidate to formally enter a race overshadowed by growing violence and months of political paralysis.
President Michel Suleiman's six-year term ends in late May. Parliament must approve his successor with a two-thirds majority.
The vice-chairman of Geagea's Lebanese Forces party, George Adwan, told party members the group's executive body "unanimously nominates party chief Samir Geagea for the Lebanese presidential election."

