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Lebanon PM wins confidence vote amidst financial woes

Beirut, Feb 12 (UNI) Lebanon's Parliament on Wednesday voted to approve a new cabinet and also Prime Minister Hassan Diab's financial rescue plan in a vote of confidence which was held despite attempts by protesters to block it.
According to Al Jazeera, Speaker Nabih Berri declared after a nine-hour session on Tuesday that 63 of the 84 MPs present voted in support of the new government formed last month, while 24 MPs voted against it and one of them abstained.
Hezbollah and its allies - the Free Patriotic Movement and the Amal Movement - backed the government, while the Future Movement of former Prime Minister Saad Hariri voted against it along with its allies, the Lebanese Forces and the Progressive Socialist Party.
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