BEIRUT Lebanon 's cabinet has tasked the army with developing a plan to disarm Hezbollah by year end, an unprecedented step since civil war factions gave up their weapons decades ago. The thorny decision follows heavy U.S. pressure and comes as part of implementing a ceasefire last year that sought to end more than a year of hostilities between Israel and militant group Hezbollah including two months of all-out war. The cabinet held a nearly six-hour cabinet session on Aug. 5 headed by