Shimon Peres appears likely to become Israel’s next foreign minister. The former prime minister was the only candidate to submit his name for the post in internal Labor Party elections that will be held Friday to determine who will serve as ministers in Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon’s unity government.
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