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Sharon's slightly better
Associated Press
Published January 12, 2006
JERUSALEM - With Ariel Sharon's condition gradually improving, doctors hoped Wednesday to completely remove him from sedatives soon - a process that could take a day and a half - so they can assess what brain damage he suffered from a massive stroke.
New polls indicated Sharon's Kadima Party would easily win March 28 elections and had even gained strength since the popular prime minister fell ill a week ago. With Sharon in critical but stable condition, the fight to choose his successor began in earnest.
Kadima officials floated the idea of giving Sharon the top slot on the party's election list, while keeping acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as its candidate for premier.
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his party's Cabinet ministers to resign from the government today.
Israel Radio reported that some or all of the ministers planned to ignore the order, which would require them to step down on the same day as Likud primaries to choose candidates for the parliamentary elections.
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