RAMALLAH (West Bank): Palestinian premier-designate Mahmoud Abbas stormed out of Cabinet talks on Saturday and threatened to quit after President Yasser Arafat blocked his choice for a key ministerial post, political sources said.
Abbas's walkout brought a simmering dispute over the makeup of a Palestinian reform Cabinet to a head and could hold up US plans to unveil a “roadmap” plan for peace between Palestinians and Israel after two-and-a-half-years of fighting.
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