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Article: Hamas forms team to discuss forming coalition government: official
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 20, 2006
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Hamas forms team to discuss forming coalition government: official
GAZA, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The ruling Palestinian Islamic
Resistance Movement (Hamas) has formed a team to negotiate with other
factions on forming a coalition government, a Hamas lawmaker said on
Sunday.
Yahia Mussa, a legislator in the Palestinian Legislative Council
(PLC), condemned officials from President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah
movement for their reactions to Prime Minister Ismail Haneya 's
remarks.
After Abbas and Haneya Thursday agreed on opening talks over the
coalition cabinet, Haneya outlined three major conditions ahead of
forming a coalition government, namely the release of Hamas ministers
and lawmakers by Israel, ...