Abbas accepts Palestinian prime minister's resignation

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Thaer Ganaim / Palestinian Authority via EPAA handout photograph supplied by the Palestinian Authority on 13 April 2013 shows a meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in the West Bank town of Ramallah, 13 April 2013. By ReutersPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Saturday, a Palestinian official and the Palestinian news agency said.

"Abbas agreed to accept Fayyad's resignation," the Palestinian official said. News agency Wafa said Abbas had asked Fayyad to stay on as caretaker until a new government was formed.

Sources told Reuters on Fayyad had offered his resignation to Abbas on Wednesday following a rift between the two men over government policy.

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