By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hamas will decide on the composition of its government by Friday and present it to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas for approval early next week, officials in the group said.
Hamas was holding a final round of coalition talks on Thursday, and it appeared increasingly unlikely that Abbas's Fatah Party would join a Hamas government.
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