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Ex-PM Hariri asked to form new gov't in crisis-hit Lebanon

by Sarah EL Deeb
| October 22, 2020 4:09 AM

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s president asked former premier Saad Hariri to form the country’s next government Thursday after he secured enough votes from lawmakers - bringing back an old name to lead the country out of its dire political and economic crises.

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