Palestinian Emergency Cabinet Transfers Power
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The maneuvering was required because the emergency cabinet could last for only 30 days without ratification.
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Pakistan &#39;s caretaker prime minister has resigned and his cabinet dissolved in a formality to allow the finance minister to take over as head of the government.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 11 -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas announced Monday that the governing Hamas movement and his rival Fatah party have agreed on the principles of a power-sharing government and may soon form a new cabinet to lead the beleaguered Palestinian Authority.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia to give key cabinet posts to independents, overcoming one stumbling block to a unity government, officials said on Thursday.
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A government will be comprised Hamas and the Palestinian AuthorityÂs own Fatah party.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Cabinet resigned yesterday in order to clear the way for a new unity government, and President Mahmoud Abbas said he plans to send a delegation to the U N to try to revive a Mideast peace plan.
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Senior Palestinian officials said last night that a move is afoot among leaders of the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) and Ahmed Qureia (Abu Ala), whereby Abu Mazen would replace Yasser Arafat as chairman of the Palestinian
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian leaders  prepared on Thursday to transfer President Yasser Arafat's  powers to three key figures who will take on the most important  roles he held, officials said.
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The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his cabinet officially resign, making way for a new government.
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The move was an effort to support the emergency government of Mahmoud Abbas after the Muslim militants of Hamas seized control of Gaza 10 days ago.
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PARIS -- Palestinian officials are starting to transfer some of Yasser Arafat&#39;s power, as the longtime leader&#39;s health appears to be deteriorating.
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Palestinian leaders, struggling to deal with a post-Yasser Arafat world, have patched together a two-office arrangement for running the territories.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas resigned Thursday to make way for a power-sharing government with the rival Fatah party in the hopes of ending factional strife and restoring international aid to the nearly bankrupt Palestinian Authority.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas signed decrees dissolving the Palestinian government and declaring a state of emergency across the West Bank and Gaza Strip, an Abbas aide said on Thursday.
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Former prime minister Ehud Barak was sworn in as Israel's defense minister on Monday in a cabinet shakeup rushed through in response to violence in Gaza.
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A top Palestinian official said Saturday he would dismantle an elite security unit accused of abuse and corruption in a first step toward overhauling the tangled network of Palestinian security forces.
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Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led Palestinian government and declared a state of emergency as the Islamist group's gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza and seized effective control.