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The phased programme will run from 1 to 23 February, with semaphore signals replaced with modern colour lights.

In Israel, intraparty rivalries also intensified, with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak announcing that he would run for the chairmanship of the Labor Party, challenging the current leader and defense minister, Amir Peretz, in primaries on May 24.