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What challenges await Lebanon’s new government?

The newly approved Lebanese government faces many difficult issues, including adoption of an electoral law ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections in May, as the political blocs are divided over the matter.

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Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri (C) outside the parliament building after his new government won a vote of confidence, downtown Beirut, Dec. 28, 2016. — REUTERS/Jamal Saidi

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