Siniora backed as prime minister

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Lebanon’s parliamentary majority coalition agreed to nominate Prime Minister Fouad Siniora to form the country’s first government under newly elected President Michel Suleiman. The


nomination means that U.S.-backed Siniora will be appointed to head the new Cabinet in which the Hezbollah-led opposition is guaranteed effective veto power. Siniora’s nomination is seen as


a moral boost to a majority battered by major political and military setbacks at the hands of Hezbollah in recent weeks. MORE TO READ