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Abbas picks Hamas leader to form new government
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday designated Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas to form a new government after accepting his resignation. This paves the way for installation of a unity government with the Islamic Hamas and Abbas' more moderate Fatah. Haniyeh has five weeks to form the government along the lines of an agreement hammered out last week at a summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: Fred 2007-02-16
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