Driss Jettou, Morocco's new prime minister, announced a 31-member government, including nearly half the outgoing coalition, leaving an Islamist party as the only big opposition faction.

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But Congress of the People, a breakaway faction of the ANC, and opposition party Democratic Alliance hoped to pull enough support to bring the ANC below two-thirds.

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But in reality that has proved impossible for Seyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, and his main opposition in Lebanese politics, the March 14th faction led by former Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

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The previous day he had accused a faction inside Ennahda of being behind attacks on the opposition.

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