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Last-ditch efforts to form a broad-based Israeli coalition failed Friday, paving the way for a rightist government and fueling concerns about prospects for peace with the Palestinians.

Hawkish Premier-designate Benjamin Netanyahu said he had failed to persuade Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to bring her centrist Kadima party into the coalition he is forging.

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