Gulf Arab Leaders Call for Nuke-free Region / Netanyahu Elected Likud Winner
Gulf leaders urge nuclear-free region
Gulf Arab leaders have called for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, singling out Israel, not Iran, despite having voiced alarm at Tehran's nuclear ambitions during their two-day meeting. In a final statement issued in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on Monday, the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) focused on Israel's failure to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), which Iran has signed.
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Exit poll: Netanyahu Likud vote winner
Former premier Benjamin Netanyahu has been elected leader of Israel's right-wing Likud party to succeed Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, according to an exit poll. The 56-year-old Netanyahu secured 47% of votes while his closest challenger, Silvan Shalom, the Israeli foreign minister won 32%, the poll carried jointly by public television and radio said. The vote was held on Monday, a day after Sharon was admitted to hospital suffering from a mild stroke, although doctors said they expected the 77-year-old to be released and resume his duties on Tuesday. The ultra-nationalist candidate Moshe Feiglin won 15% while Agriculture Minister Israel Katz trailed in fourth place with six percent.
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