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Lebanon president: Country can't waste more time on government formation

BEIRUT - Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Wednesday the country no longer had the luxury of wasting time as a six-month government formation crisis drags on and economic pressures mount.
"Lebanon today is experiencing a government formation crisis ... Lebanon no longer has the luxury of wasting time," Aoun said in a televised speech on the eve of the country's 75th independence day since the French mandate ended in 1943