Lebanon gets new government led by Saad Hariri: statement

[WorldNews]

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Lebanon acquired a new 30-minister government Sunday led by Saad Hariri, bringing together the entire political spectrum except for the Christian Phalangist party that rejected the portfolio it was offered. "This is a government of entente," Hariri said of the new line-up formed six weeks after the election of President Michel Aoun. Hariri said the Phalangist party had been offered a minister of state post but had turned it down.

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