There is a new interior minister (Hani al-Hassan, a long-time loyalist from Mr Arafat's Fatah movement) but the bulk of the old ministers remain in place, including two top negotiators who had been high on the parliament's wish-list for demotion.

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He said he came to associate the macho bulk that resulted from weightlifting with a slower swing and stiffer movement in the field.

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