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Nov. 4, 2003 Inner power struggle delays announcement of PA cabinet IMG SRC="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?ssbinary=true&cachecontrol=*%3A0%2C30%3A10+*%2F*%2F*&blobtable=JPImage&blobcol=urlimage&blobwhere=1067920690476&blobkey=id&blobheader=image/jpeg"> An ongoing power struggle between Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat and Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei on Tuesday spoiled plans to announce a new PA cabinet. Hours before the 30-day mandate of the emergency cabinet was due to expire on Tuesday midnight, Arafat summoned Qurei and asked him to remain at the head of a caretaker cabinet until the two resolve their dispute over the appointment of an interior minister responsible for the PA police and security forces. "Arafat asked Ahmed Qurei to continue his job as the...

Nov. 3, 2003 Arafat holding up Qurei govt. over interior minister By ASSOCIATED PRESS PA Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei Photo: AP Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and Yasser Arafat made no apparent progress Monday toward resolving their dispute over the choice of security chief, the main hurdle to forming a new government. Qureia said after a two-hour meeting with the veteran Palestinian leader that the issue is "still under study." Qurei's formal deadline for forming a Cabinet is midnight Tuesday, though an Arafat aide later said he could ask for more time. Renewed political wrangling over the composition of the...

World Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2003 Korei Says He Won't Be PM Under 'Israeli Dictate' RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Ahmed Korei, nominated to be the next Palestinian prime minister, said on Tuesday he would not take the job if he faced the same "Israeli dictate" of military crackdowns that undermined his predecessor. Laying down terms for accepting what many see as a poisoned chalice, Korei urged Israel to stop trying to isolate President Yasser Arafat and halt army raids against Islamic militants, the latest of which killed three Palestinians including a boy of 11. Korei has delayed a decision...