Former Lebanese PM Karami dies - state news agency
 

BEIRUT, Jan 1 (Reuters) - Leba**n's former prime minister Omar Karami has died aged 80 after an illness, state news agency NNA reported on Thursday citing a statement from his family. Karami, who served twice as prime minister, passed away in a hospital in Beirut, it said, without giving details. He served as prime minister from 1990-1992 and was forced to resign after protests over the eco**my. He held the post again in 2004 but stepped down the following year along with the government after the assassination of former prime minister Rafic Hariri triggered mass protests. ...

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