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　　The voters of Beirut have had their chance to let thepoliticians know what they think of the months andmonths they’ve had to enjoy stinky rubbish pilingup on the street. And in Beirut, a collection ofdisgruntled residents and opinion formers created anew political grouping “Beirut, My City”. I asked ourBeirut correspondent, what was behind the rubbish dispute?

　　Political paralysis linked to the nature of the Lebanese system which is basically a sectarianpower sharing system that allows a lot of room for disgruntled parties which form theseestablishments to simply veto anything they don’t like. And when they get together and finallyagree, it’s usually simply to share a power in a way that doesn’t necessarily resolve the issuesat hand. Basically it’s a very complex situation which led to the rubbish crisis. It has beenpartly resolved. The establishments were usually fighting each other about almost everythingyou can think of from regional politics to a power sharing within Lebanon. And obviously we areall waiting for the results of that.

　　What do we think the likely outcome is going to be?

　　Turnout was very low.

　　And the results of the election are expected later on Monday.

　　Archeologists have clashed at a conference in Egypt over a theory that secret chambers couldbe hidden behind the walls of King Tutankhamun’s tomb. The idea was first put forward lastyear by a British archeologist Nicholas Reeves who suggested the chambers could contain theremains of the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti. Since then, the tomb has been extensivelyscanned by radar. Some experts have said the results strongly suggest the presence of openspaces with signs of mental and organic matter. But speaking at the conference on Sunday,the prominent Egyptologist and former Antiquities Minister Zahi Hawass said the radars provednothing.

　　No radar in the world can say there is organic material. It never happened. Therefore, what hasbeen said about the discovery of Nefertiti inside the tomb of Tutankhamun is not correct.

　　For his part, Professor Reeves is continuing to defend his theory.

　　I was looking for the evidence that will tell me my initial reading was wrong. But I didn’t findany evidence to suggest that. I just found more and more and more indicators.

　　Egypt’s current Antiquities Minister has meanwhile said he won’t permit any excavation to findpossible secret chambers until he is completely satisfied “they do exist”. He told theconference that more research was needed to convince him.