<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Deborah Hakes' Blog]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[10 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june10.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[For the past week and a half (and for weeks before I arrived), the Carter Center office for the elections was a scene of constant intense activity at all hours of a day. Now the field staff has returned to their regular office outside the hotel, and Atlanta-based staff are flying home or to another field project.   Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[9 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june9.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've been sharing my experiences with you from Lebanon for the past week and thought it was also important to share a few of the many other voices whose hard work made the election observation mission possible.  Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[8 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june8.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are wrapping up here for this phase of the Carter Center's election observation mission to Lebanon.  Our long-term observers will remain deployed to monitor the post-election processes. Read the full blog and watch press conference video >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[7 June 2009:  Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june7.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the eve of Lebanon's parliamentary elections and things seem quiet. Our observers were deployed yesterday, and they continue regular check-in calls to let us know that they are safe.  Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[6 June 2009:  Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june6.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the eve of Lebanon's parliamentary elections and things seem quiet. Our observers were deployed yesterday, and they continue regular check-in calls to let us know that they are safe.  Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june5.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Today, I headed south to Lebanon's border with Hrair Balian, director of the Conflict Resolution Program at The Carter Center, to be briefed by the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and to see what the pre-election environment was like there. Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[4 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june4.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Across Lebanon today, more than 11,000 polling station workers could cast their ballots early for the parliamentary elections. I traveled to Baabda, a town in the mountains southeast of Beirut, to watch the process. Read the full blog >]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[3 June 2009: Deborah Hakes Blogs From the 2009 Lebanon Parliamentary Elections]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/blogs/p/elections/lebanon/dhakes_june3.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[I've only been in Beirut, Lebanon, for 24 hours, but I can already tell that the parliamentary elections to be held this coming Sunday are going to be a fascinating process, and I am thrilled to be a part of it. The world is watching what happens here, and I will get to see it firsthand. I'll do my best to share what I see with you. Read the full blog >]]></description></item></channel></rss>