Palestinian legislators shouted catcalls when Yasser Arafat announced that his newly expanded Cabinet would include all but one of his previous 18 ministers. Former Agriculture Minister Abdul Jawad Saleh, who had wanted to be excluded from the Palestinian leader’s new, 28-member Cabinet, shouted in protest when Arafat gave him a new portfolio. Arafat disbanded his Cabinet in June amid charges of widespread corruption and financial mismanagement.
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