Lebanon appoints first-ever female in charge of security in Arab world
Raya El Hassan was appointed as the interior minister after a nine-month government deadlock.
Lebanon's Minister of Finance Raya Haffar al-Hassan speaks during a news conference at her office in Beirut December 3, 2009. Lebanon may seek to borrow next year to help service existing debt and might also seek to reschedule some debts due in 2010 to benefit from low interest rates, Hassan said on(photo credit: JAMAL SAIDI/ REUTERS)ByYVETTE J. DEANEUpdated:
