Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak plans to start discussions on specific Cabinet assignments next week, a Labor Party source was quoted as saying Thursday. According to the official, Barak’s negotiating team intends to hold marathon sessions Friday with potential coalition partners in an effort to hammer out the basic guidelines of his new government.
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