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Lebanon moved a step closer to finally forming a government after maverick Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun reversed his earlier decision and announced he would serve in the country's new cabinet. But differences still exist over the allocation of cabinet posts to Shiite groupings, Amal and Hizbullah, who insist on being given.

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