Oct. 24 (UPI) -- French President Emmanuel Marcon kicked off an international summit in Paris on Thursday that aims to raise $540 million for humanitarian and civil security assistance for war-torn Lebanon with a $108 million pledge. More than 70 countries and international bodies sent delegations to the conference called by France to brainstorm ways to help Lebanon which has been ground down by a weak economy, political instability, corruption and war, taking a nose in the four years since a