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Lebanon's Prime Minister Forms New Government
(2009-11-09)
Lebanon's PM-designate al-Hariri speaks after announcing the new cabinet at the presidential palace in Baabda
BEIRUT, LEBANON (Associated Press) - Lebanon's prime minister has formed a Cabinet that includes the militant group Hezbollah and its allies, ending a political deadlock that left the divided nation without a government for months and threatened to ignite violence.

Saad Hariri unveiled the 30-member Cabinet on Monday after more than four months of tough bargaining over who would get which portfolios.

Hariri's Western-backed political bloc narrowly defeated a Hezbollah-led coalition in June's parliamentary election, enabling it to retain a slim majority in the 128-member legislature.
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