Sharon brushes off coalition setback
	Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon is pushing ahead with efforts to form a government of national unity despite being rebuffed by the outgoing Prime Minister, Ehud Barak. Speaking in Jerusalem, he said a result could take several more days, but there was no alternative to a unity government and he would not give up trying to form one. The BBC's Paul Adams reports.

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