The Central Committee of Israel’s Labor Party voted 67 percent to 33 percent to join a unity government under Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon, ending three weeks of speculation and party in-fighting. Labor’s Shimon Peres is expected to become foreign minister in the government.
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