RAMALLAH, West Bank, Feb 14 (Reuters) - The Palestinian cabinet resigned on Monday and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad will select new ministers at the request of President Mahmoud Abbas, officials said.
The shakeup was long demanded by Fayyad and some in Abbas's Fatah faction. It followed the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to a popular revolt that has set off reform calls throughout the Arab world. (Reporting by Mohammed Assad; Editing by Jeffrey Heller in Jerusalem)
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