Lebanon steps up efforts to form government
Lebanese leaders have intensified efforts to form a government after nearly four months of stalemate over cabinet positions.
Prime Minister designate Najib Mikati met President Michel Suleiman on Wednesday, their third meeting this week, to try to reach a compromise over the post of interior minister, a main point of disagreement. Lebanon has been without a functioning government since Hezbollah and its allies toppled Saad al-Hariri's coalition in January in a dispute over a UN-backed tribunal investigating the assassination of statesman Rafik al-Hariri, Saad's father. (Reuters)
