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Article: Roundup: Hamas parliament approves budget for Gaza government
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- October 5, 2009
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Roundup: Hamas parliament approves budget for Gaza government
by Fares Akram, Emad Drimly
GAZA, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Hamas parliamentary bloc has recently
approved the financial budget for Hamas' government in the Gaza
Strip, officials said on Monday.
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC)
approved the budget, although other parliamentary blocs, including
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement, boycotted the
session.
The budget for the fiscal year is 428 million U.S. dollars and it
applies only in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, excluding the West
Bank which is ruled by the Palestinian National Authority ( PNA) led
by Abbas.
Fatah says the PLC sessions ...