Mr Kim Jong Pil will head a new Office of Co-ordination to manage inter-departmental affairs.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the decision in co-ordination with the security cabinet, his office said.

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Barbara Manzi, head of the United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA), told the BBC from Sittwe it appeared the boats "left the camp with the blessing of the authorities before hitting rocks".

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