BEIRUT, Lebanon, November 16, SPA -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon held more talks with Lebanese leaders Friday to urge them to elect a new president in his mission to help break the deadlock over the crucial vote. Ban met with the head of the influential Maronite CatholicChurch, Cardinal Nasrallah Sfeir, before heading off tomeet with officials of the Shiite Muslim Hezbollah group. Upon his arrival in the Lebanese capital late Thursday,Ban urged Lebanon's deeply divided politicians to elect anew president with the «broadest possible acceptance» bythe public, and to do it on schedule. His visit was the latest attempt by internationalofficials to prod the country's feuding factions to agreeon a candidate for the top post and avoid a major politicalcrisis. His visit comes a week before parliament is toconvene for another try to elect a president. Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema was scheduled tovisit Lebanon Saturday for the same purpose, the Associated Press reported. Parliament is supposed to pick a new president before theterm of current President Emile Lahoud ends on Nov. 24. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/500253