World IN BRIEF : LEBANON : Christian Groups Reject Cabinet Plan
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
The main Christian groups--the Lebanese Forces, the Falangist Party, the Druze Progressive Socialist Party and Hezbollah--said they will not join a proposed national unity government if the majority of its members are pro-Syrian. The refusal threatened to torpedo efforts by newly appointed Prime Minister Omar Karami to form a 30-member Cabinet that would include the warlords of Christian and Muslim militias.
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