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Lebanon Forges Peace Deal

Power-sharing pact aimed at averting avert new civil war

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted May 21, 2008 3:32 AM CDT

(Newser) – A civil war in Lebanon may be averted by a new agreement reached in Qatar, reports the BBC. The deal includes fresh elections next year, a power-sharing government, a new president, and a pledge by Hezbollah not to use weapons in Lebanon. The pact was...   Read full story »

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