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Given the growing strength of Hamas, Hizbullah and Islamic Jihad, it is likely that one or more of these groups would emerge as the de facto authority in this lawless land.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Beware of the Gaza trap
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Officials said that they saw little need to hurry what was a sensitive and complex process because there was a de facto command authority in place, with the prime minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, in charge of the nuclear trigger.
ECONOMIST: Controlling the nuclear decision
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The latest released minutes of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee reveal that the panel rejected a proposal to dollarize the "aggregate balance" or the total of the clearing accounts banks maintain with the Monetary Authority, the de facto central bank.
CNN: Intelligence: The Dollarization Debate Again
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An Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, while nominally unilateral, in fact constitutes a de facto handover of the area to the Palestinian Authority.
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Who will have authority over the Joint Operations Command (JOC), which is believed to have had de facto charge of running the country since the election in March, also remains fuzzy.
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