Tue Nov 10, 11:00 AM ET

A handout picture released by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra shows ministers in the newly formed Lebanese cabinet posing for a family picture at the presidential palace of Baabda east of Beirut. Lebanon's new unity government held its first meeting at the presidential palace, making clear from the start that it would steer clear of the thorny issue of Hezbollah's weapons. (AFP)

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