Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak could announce his government within days of the incoming Knesset’s first session Monday, his top aides said Sunday. But the coalition may be a narrow one rather than the broad-based grouping Barak originally sought, because of differences over Jewish settlements and other issues, the aides said. Barak met Sunday for a lengthy meeting with Likud leader Ariel Sharon, who said it was still too early to say whether his party would join the coalition.
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