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ISTANBUL, March 19 (Reuters) – The opposition Syrian
National Coalition chose Western-educated former businessman
Ghasssan Hitto as provisional prime minister in a vote on
Tuesday at a meeting in Istanbul.
Hitto, who according to a Reuters witness received 35 votes
of around 50 cast by coalition members, will be in charge of
forming a government to fill a power vacuum in Syria arising
from a two-year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
(Reporting by Khaled Yacoub Oweis, Amman newsroom; Editing by
Michael Roddy)
