- Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the position
of Israeli foreign minister offered by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon after
two hours of talks.
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- The two right-wing figures also agreed to hold early
elections before parliament's current term expires in October 2003, but
without specifying a date, Israeli public radio said Sunday.
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- The rivals for the leadership of the Likud party met
at Sharon's official Jerusalem residence, two days after Sharon first offered
the job to Netanyahu in talks at his ranch in the Negev desert of southern
Israel.
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- Netanyahu had been widely tipped to turn the job down,
as the position he covets is Sharon's own.
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