Palestinian Authority President Yasser Arafat may consider the appointment of a Palestinian prime minister, according to a senior Palestinian official. Arafat would be open to the idea of having a prime minister run the day-to-day affairs of government if a Palestinian state is declared after January elections, Cabinet member Nabil Sha’ath told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
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