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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Karami likely to be back as PM
2005-03-10
Meet the new boss, same as the...hey! That guy looks awfully familiar...
Lebanon's outgoing prime minister Omar Karami was tipped on Wednesday to head a new government, less than two weeks after he resigned in the face of massive opposition protests over Syria's dominant role in the country. The political horsetrading was under way as Syrian troops moved towards eastern Lebanon under a two-stage redeployment announced at a summit on Monday between President Emile Lahoud and his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad in the face of intense international pressure.

Most MPs consulted by Lahoud picked the pro-Syrian Karami, a longtime political rival of his slain predecessor Rafiq Hariri, after the opposition did not put forward their own candidate. Asked if he would agree to return to office, the 70-year-old Karami said: "When I am designated, I will tell you." Under the Constitution, Lahoud is required to meet all parliamentary groups to take their nominations then announce the PM whose name came up most.
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