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Lebanon’s Prime Minister is Billionaire Backed by Hezbollah

Posted June 13th, 2011 at 2:10 pm (UTC-5)
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Najib Mikati, who heads the new cabinet in Lebanon that was announced on Monday, is a 55-year-old billionaire Sunni businessman who enjoys close ties with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mr. Mikati served previously as the country’s prime minister in 2005, ruling in a caretaker capacity for three months after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik […]

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