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| Middle East |
| Yasser's cabinet convenes in Ramallah |
| 2002-10-01 |
| The Palestinian cabinet met Tuesday amid the ruins of leader Yasser Arafat's compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Palestinian cabinet minister Saeb Erekat said Arafat would ask the Palestinian legislature to give him more time to replace the cabinet forced to resign due to legislative pressure for administrative and power-sharing reforms. Despite the requested delay, "We will continue with the reforms," Erekat assured. "Anybody know a good contractor?" |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |