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Thu 01 Jan 2011Lebanese coalition falls as Hizbullah and allies quit
THE LEBANESE government collapsed yesterday after a number of ministers resigned to protest at prime minister Saad Hariri’s refusal to convene the cabinet in urgent session to tackle tensions arising from the international investigation into the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafiq Hariri.
Energy minister Gebran Bassil, a member of the Christian Free Patriotic Movement, accused the US of sabotaging Saudi-Syrian efforts to reach an accommodation.
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