Headlines across the Middle East

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(AFP) — Headlines across the Middle East on Friday:

EGYPT

-- AL-AHRAM

"New Government To Be Sworn In Next Week"

A new prime minister will be sworn in next week, while the head of the outgoing government Atef Ebeid will take up a new post on domestic and foreign economic affairs that is directly answerable to the president.

ISRAEL

-- HAARETZ

"International Court Rules Israel Must Pull Down Illegal' Fence"

The International Court of Justice will rule today that the separation fence contravenes international law, that it must be dismantled, and that compensation must be paid to the Palestinian owners of property confiscated for its construction, according to documents obtained by Haaretz.

-- JERUSALEM POST

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