Lebanese President Asks ex-PM Hariri to Form New Government

Lebanon's prime minister-designate vowed on Thursday to work swiftly to put together a "national unity government that overcomes political divisions'' that have plagued the Mideast nation for years.   The pledge by Saad Hariri, who already served as prime minister for 14 months until early 2011, came shortly after the country's newly elected president, Michel Aoun, asked him to form a new Cabinet.   That process can go on for weeks or even months, and...

© La Voix de l'Amérique - jeudi 3 novembre 2016