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Abbas dismisses gov't, declares emergency: official

RAMALLAH, West Bank
Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:04pm EDT

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - 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.

"The decrees have been signed, sacking (Prime Minister) Ismail Haniyeh and his government, and declaring a state of emergency," said Abbas's media adviser Nabil Amr.

A second Abbas aide said that under a third decree the president will form an emergency government to replace the unity government his Fatah movement formed with Haniyeh of Hamas in March.


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