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Article: Lebanon's Prime Minister, Cabinet Resign
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- April 16, 2003
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Dateline: BEIRUT, Lebanon
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Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and his Cabinet resigned Tuesday following
months of divisions within the government and continued economic problems.
The resignation was expected to set the stage for the appointment
of a more broadly based government.
Analysts said Hariri, who is credited with rebuilding Lebanon from
the devastation of the 1975-90 civil war, will likely be renamed prime
minister and asked for form the next government.
Hariri submitted the resignations to President Emile Lahoud Tuesday
night, the president said in a statement.
In Lebanon, the president appoints the prime minister who then forms
a Cabinet with ...