Pro-Syrian Premier Offers to Step Down
From Times Wire Reports
Lebanon’s pro-Syrian prime minister said he was willing to resign in an effort to contain growing anger at his government and the government of Syria over the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
“I am ready to resign on condition that we agree on a new government in order to avoid falling into a constitutional vacuum,” Prime Minister Omar Karami said in an interview with the daily newspaper An-Nahar. He said he would seek a vote of confidence Monday in parliament.
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