U.S. to lift Palestinian embargo once new government in place

Sunday, June 17, 2007

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Mahmoud Abbas got a major boost in his increasingly bellicose showdown with Hamas on Saturday, with a U.S. diplomat saying he expects a crippling embargo to be lifted once the Palestinian president appoints a government without the Islamic militants.

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