Lebanese taxi driver William Hanna couldn't care less that his country has been without a government for five months, a feeling shared by many fellow Lebanese sickened by the endless bickering of their politicians. "I gave up listening to the news a while back," said the 52-year-old from the town of Jounieh, north of Beirut. "It's business as ...

Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora said on Sunday that Hezbollah's right to veto legislation would not be reinstated by the new Lebanese government. The Shiite movement Hezbollah and its Christian allies last year obtained the right to veto thanks to a deal that allocated them 11 of 30 cabinet seats. The deal was eked out to defuse a ...