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Archive Home > 2009 > September > 11 > Pick for prime minister steps down in Lebanon

Pick for prime minister steps down in Lebanon


September 11, 2009

BEIRUT — Lebanon’s U.S.-backed prime minister-designate abruptly quit Thursday, plunging the nation deeper into a political crisis over failed efforts to form a government. Saad Hariri, whose coalition of political parties trounced a Hezbollah-backed alliance in June 7 elections, announced that....

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