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Jumblatt meets with Assad; will announce 'stance' soon

Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt met with Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday, saying, "My meeting with the Syrian president was excellent, Lebanese paper an-Nahar reported.
Jumblatt announced that he will declare his stance on the Lebanese governmental crisis "at 3:45 p.m. Monday after my meeting with the President [Michel Suleiman] as part of consultations with the Democratic Gathering bloc," according to the report.