The Palestinian legislative council gave the new Palestinian Authority prime minister two more weeks to present his new cabinet. Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen, was reportedly still at odds with members of the Fatah central committee over whom to appoint to the position of interior minister.
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