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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie threatened to quit on Thursday in what appeared to be a dispute with President Yasser Arafat (news - web sites) over security powers key to a revival of Middle East peacemaking.
"Qurie told Arafat he will not form the cabinet and doesn't want to be prime minister anymore," a Palestinian official said after the indefinite postponement of a session of parliament that was to ratify an emergency government sworn in on Tuesday.
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