>From Reuters "Oddly Enough" file:
A
Lebanese newspaper apologized on Thursday for declaring Al
Gore (news - web sites) the winner of the U.S.
presidential election.
"We are sorry because we put an
end to a matter that was not concluded," wrote
As-Safir's editor, Talal Salman.
"We are used to a
deep-rooted Arab tradition of democracy where results are
first declared, then elections are conducted and votes
brought in to affirm it," he added.
You got to
like his honesty.