<div>Lebanon's Diab hopes for IMF programme</div> <!-- no image --> <div>Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab said a reform programme approved by government on Thursday would be used to apply for an IMF programme to help the economy through an acute crisis that could last up to five years.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pTKX9Hq13j8:B8XlSX9LXy4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pTKX9Hq13j8:B8XlSX9LXy4:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=pTKX9Hq13j8:B8XlSX9LXy4:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=pTKX9Hq13j8:B8XlSX9LXy4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=pTKX9Hq13j8:B8XlSX9LXy4:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/pTKX9Hq13j8" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters