Lebanon bids farewell to prominent ex-Maronite patriarch Lebanon's former Maronite patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir, who wielded considerable political influence during the country's civil war and was an ardent advocate of a Syrian troop withdrawal, is laid to rest in the northern town of Bkerki-- the seat of the Maronite church -- four days after he was declared dead at the age of 98.\\n IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES