Key Lebanon bloc threatens to quit cabinet line-up talks

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BEIRUT (AFP) — Lebanon's ruling parliamentary bloc on Wednesday threatened to walk out of talks aimed at forming a national unity government, an official from the Future Bloc told AFP.

The warning came as Prime Minister Fuad Siniora continued efforts to form a new government after a deal last month between rival politicians and as newly elected President Michel Sleiman admitted some complications.

The Future Bloc official said the group threatened "to suspend its participation in the consultations to form a government" after one of its supporters was shot and wounded, allegedly by a supporter of the opposition.

Tuesday night's attack "is a violation of the Doha accord," he said.

The agreement which was struck May 21 in the Qatari capital between...