Crisis-hit Lebanon on brink of forming new government

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LEBANON is on the brink of forming a new government, caretaker finance minister Ali Hassan Khalil said on Thursday, as pressure mounts to put forward an economic rescue plan to pull the country out of a deep financial crisis. Lebanon has been without a government since Saad al-Hariri resigned as prime minister on October 29 in the face of sweeping protests against the country's elite, complicating efforts to mount an economic recovery.