Lebanese Gov't Resigns
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BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- In a special speech to Parliament, Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister has announced his resignation and that of his government.
The speech, by Prime Minister Omar Karami, was broadcast by Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.
Karami said he would have won a no-confidence vote scheduled for later in the day, but was resigning to avoid making his government a stumbling block to peace.
"I'm afraid we will have a vacuum in the country," said House Speaker Nabih Berri, who asked for the floor. "I should be allowed to say something." He was not given the floor.
It is happening now, or will be soon. The end of decades of Syrian oppression over Lebanon.
BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- In a special speech to Parliament, Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister has announced his resignation and that of his government.
The speech, by Prime Minister Omar Karami, was broadcast by Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation.
Karami said he would have won a no-confidence vote scheduled for later in the day, but was resigning to avoid making his government a stumbling block to peace.
"I'm afraid we will have a vacuum in the country," said House Speaker Nabih Berri, who asked for the floor. "I should be allowed to say something." He was not given the floor.
It is happening now, or will be soon. The end of decades of Syrian oppression over Lebanon.
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