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Lebanon’s divided parliament failed Thursday to elect a new president for the fifth time, with the post vacant since the mandate of Michel Aoun expired last month. Michel Moawad, whose father Rene Moawad served as president, was the frontrunner in the 128-seat parliament with 44 votes on Thursday, still far short of the two-thirds majority — or 86 ballots — needed to win. Parliament is split between supporters of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah movement and its opponents, neither having a clear majority. Hezbollah rejects the candidacy of Moawad, who is seen as close to the United States, and …