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Pro-Syrian Lebanese Government Resigns

Lebanon's prime minister announced the resignation of his pro-Syrian government as tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators rallied outside parliament.

President Emile Lahoud accepted Omar Karami's resignation today and asked him to continue in a caretaker capacity.

The parliament convened for a vote of confidence two weeks after the killing of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who had resigned in October in a dispute over Syria's role in the country.

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