President Appoints Anti-Syria Premier
From Times Wire Reports
Lebanese President Emile Lahoud appointed an anti-Syria prime minister to form a government free from Syrian influence.
Fuad Saniora, a former finance minister, was nominated by 126 of the 128 members of parliament.
Saniora was a longtime aide of Rafik Hariri, the former prime minister whose February assassination triggered a sea change in Lebanese politics that led to Syria’s troop withdrawal in April after 29 years.
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