Leila Ghannam is first woman appointed to govern Ramallah

06:03 AM March 12, 2010

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Leila Ghannam is first woman appointed to govern Ramallah

10:30 PM February 06

A FORMER Palestinian intelligence officer has become the first woman to be appointed governor of Ramallah, the unofficial capital of the West Bank, by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas as part of a crackdown on Hamas, the hardline Islamist faction. ...

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