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Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Nasrallah concedes election defeat

Al Jazeera English - Middle East - Nasrallah concedes election defeat: "The secretary-general of Hezbollah, a Shia political party, has accepted that his opposition alliance has lost a parliamentary election in Lebanon to the ruling March 14 coalition.

Hassan Nasrallah made the acknowledgment on Monday, hours after official results of the popular poll were released.

'We accept the official results in a sporting spirit,' he said in a televised address.

'I would like to congratulate all those who won, those in the majority and those in the opposition,' he said."

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