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Palestinian leader's son wins role in Abbas' party, official says

RAMALLAH, West Bank, May 17 - The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has won a steering role in his father's political party Fatah, a party official said on Sunday, as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian Authority (

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Palestinian leader's son wins role in Abbas' party, official saysRAMALLAH, West Bank, May 17 - The millionaire businessman son of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has won a steering role in his father's political party Fatah, a party official said on Sunday, as a succession fight looms for control of the embattled Palestinian Authority (
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