A NEW GOVERNMENT IN LEBANON:

Lebanon’s president was taking on the task of forming a new government Tuesday, while opposition leaders shook off the jubilation of using people power to force out a pro-Syrian Cabinet and sought to ensure the next one is less beholden to Damascus. . . .

We will be here every day until the last Syrian soldier withdraws from our land,” one activist said through a loudspeaker. The crowd, blowing whistles, chanted back: “Freedom, Sovereignty, Independence.”

They sang in rhyming Arabic: “We are all, Muslims and Christians, against the Syrians.” . . .

In Beirut, demonstrators vowed to carry on, demanding the resignation of pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud and the withdrawal of Syrian soldiers. Hariri’s parliamentary bloc issued a statement late Monday demanding the departure of Lebanese security and intelligence chiefs.

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