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Mon 02 Feb 2010Palestinian government calls July elections
The West Bank-based Palestinian government today called local elections for July in a move that Hamas said was illegitimate.
Prime minister Salam Fayyad's cabinet decided to hold the municipal elections on July 17th. The Fatah movement, which is represented in Mr Fayyad's government in the West Bank, welcomed the move and said it would take part.
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