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Article: Palestinians may be able to hold elections in fall
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- Daily Breeze
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- July 5, 2003
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MIDEAST:
Arafat looks to be the only major candidate. Abbas' post of prime
minister may not hold.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
JERUSALEM _ Palestinians could have general elections by October
if Israel withdraws from major population centers, with Yasser Arafat
likely to be the only major candidate for president, the Palestinian
foreign minister said Friday.
Arafat's re-election would likely frustrate Washington's moves to
sideline him and nurture an alternative Palestinian leadership.
It remains unclear what would happen to the post of prime