Consultations to choose new PM in protest-hit Lebanon delayed

The president in protest-wracked Lebanon Sunday postponed parliamentary consultations to nominate a new prime minister after Sunni Muslim leaders threw their support behind ex-premier Saad Hariri returning to the post.It said parliamentary consultations to choose a new prime minister were delayed "at the request of most parliamentary blocs" and to "allow for more deliberations".The postponement comes after Sunni Muslim leaders reached a consensus to back Hariri returning to office, a sidelined c