Lebanese Christian Civil War Foes Reconcile After 40 Years

Christian rivals from the Lebanese civil war, Samir Geagea and Suleiman Frangieh, shook hands with each other Wednesday, marking a formal reconciliation to end more than four decades of enmity.  Geagea, leader of the Lebanese Forces political party, and Frangieh, head of the Marada party, have been foes since the early days of the 1975-90 civil war.  The two parties had armed militias during the conflict that battled each...

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