Hamas and Fatah say agree on Palestinian national unity gov't

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Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on the make-up of a national unity government on Tuesday, officials from both parties said, in the most significant step yet toward healing their seven-year rift. The groups decided on a list of independent, tech**crat ministers who will run government pending national polls in at least six months - moves they hope will revive institutions paralysed since the parties fought a brief civil war in 2007. Officials from the parties told a news conference in the Gaza Strip that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will make a formal an**uncement of the new government later this week after choosing a religious affairs minister. Israel objects to the reconciliation moves and regards Hamas, which refuses to recognise Israel or re**unce arms, as a terrorist group.

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