![Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, March 23, 2013. Lebanon's president accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday, Mikati said, calling for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over after a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Dalati Nohra/Handout (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ON](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/03/RTXXU76.jpg/RTXXU76.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=FtQ9HTMT)
![Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, March 23, 2013. Lebanon's president accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday, Mikati said, calling for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over after a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Dalati Nohra/Handout (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ON](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/03/RTXXU76.jpg/RTXXU76.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=FtQ9HTMT)
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![Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman (L) meets with Lebanon's Prime Minister Najib Mikati at the presidential palace in Baabda, near Beirut, March 23, 2013. Lebanon's president accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Saturday, Mikati said, calling for a "salvation" caretaker government to take over after a political standoff with the Hezbollah movement. REUTERS/Dalati Nohra/Handout (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ON](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/03/RTXXU76.jpg/RTXXU76.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=FtQ9HTMT)
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