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Amid political stalemate, Lebanon Prime Minister steps down

September 10, 2009
By Karen Duncan

AFP and Reuters reported that Lebanon’s Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri announced on Thursday (10 Sep 2009) that he was stepping down, accusing the Hizbullah-led opposition of blocking weeks of efforts to unlock a political stalemate. “Given that my commitment to forming a government of national unity has run up against difficulties that everyone now knows...
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