BEIRUT: Lebanese lawmakers have tasked ex-premier and billionaire Najib Mikati with forming a government and ending one year of political deadlock that has crippled the economy.

A new government would face the daunting task of trying to steer Lebanon out of what the World Bank said is one of the world's worst financial crises in more than 150 years and to polls due to take place next year.

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