Lebanese policemen secure the area outside the parliament during the first ballot for a new president in downtown Beirut April 23, 2014.

Lebanese policemen secure the area outside the parliament during the first ballot for a new president in downtown Beirut April 23, 2014. Parliament has been summoned to choose a successor to President Michel Suleiman, whose six-year term ends in late May, but deep divisions over the war in neighbouring Syria could delay any decision, possibly for several months. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS)