Palestinian President Yasser Arafat reportedly agreed last month to appoint a prime minister to run day-to-day Palestinian affairs. According to unnamed officials and diplomats cited by Reuters on Thursday, Arafat gave his consent in a letter to British Prime Minister Tony Blair before Blair met with President Bush last month.
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