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Lebanon’s former PM returns from exile amid crisis

By Zeina Karam
Published August 8, 2014 12:57pm ET
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Lebanon’s former PM returns from exile amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, considered Lebanon’s most influential Sunni Muslim politician, returned unexpectedly to Lebanon Friday after three years of self-imposed exile. His surprise return comes at a delicate time for the country after a week of bloody battles between the army and Sunni extremists from Syria have exacerbated the […]

BEIRUT (AP) — Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, considered Lebanon’s most influential Sunni Muslim politician, returned unexpectedly to Lebanon Friday after three years of self-imposed exile.

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