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  • Militant Hezbollah rises to power in new Lebanon cabinet(bad news)

    06/14/2011 6:56:44 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 4 replies
    Globe and Mail ^ | Jun. 13, 2011
    Hezbollah and its allies rose to a position of unprecedented dominance in Lebanon's government Monday, giving its patrons Syria and Iran greater sway in the Middle East.
  • Najib Mikati Named Lebanon Prime Minister (A Pro-Syrian)

    04/15/2005 2:15:20 PM PDT · by wk4bush2004 · 120+ views
    BEIRUT, Lebanon - Lebanon's president on Friday named moderate pro-Syrian lawmaker Najib Mikati as prime minister, breaking a political deadlock and reviving chances for holding parliamentary elections next month. The announcement came two days after Prime Minister-designate Omar Karami ended his efforts to form a Cabinet after nearly seven weeks. Mikati, an opposition-backed former public works minister, won the position after President Emile Lahoud polled legislators or their representatives from the 128-member parliament. Lahoud consulted with the speaker of parliament about the results and then summoned Mikati to the presidential palace and asked him to form the next government, said...