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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Resigns

Lebanon’s Prime Minister Omar Karami resigned with his pro-Syrian cabinet, as more than 25,000 flag-waving Lebanese protesters marched outside of Parliament in Beirut two weeks after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.

A caretaker government will be assigned to lead the country until parliamentary elections, planned for this May. Public opposition to Syria’s longtime occupation of Lebanon has surged since Hariri’s assassination.

Rami Khouri, executive editor of Lebanon’s The Daily Star newspaper, talks about the implications of Omar Karami’s resignation.

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Rami Khouri is executive editor of The Daily Star in Beirut, Lebanon.

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