World IN BRIEF : LEBANON : Premier Resigns in Reconciliation Bid
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Prime Minister Salim Hoss, a veteran of the country’s turbulent politics, resigned to make way for a broad-based reconciliation Cabinet aimed at boosting efforts to end 15 years of civil war. Hoss, a Sunni Muslim, submitted the resignation of his 14-man government to President Elias Hrawi, a presidential statement said. It said that Hrawi, a Maronite Catholic, asked Hoss to remain as caretaker prime minister until a successor is named.
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