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On 21 May 2008 an agreement was signed in Doha between the government and opposition groups to stop the escalating violence. According to the Doha agreement no armed group will be permitted to use weapons in any internal conflict; opposition protest camps in central Beirut are to be removed; Syrian-backed opposition will have 11 cabinet seats out of 30 and veto power meaning it can block any government decision it does not agree with. Following the agreement, the election of the new President, a position that had been vacant for six months, was finally held on 25 May 2008. The Taëf Agreement ended the civil war. Following this agreement Lebanon changed its Constitution for the first time since its Independence.
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