Guinea president agrees to choose new premier

CONAKRY, Feb 25 (Reuters) Guinean President Lansana Conte has agreed to choose a new prime minister from a list of names proposed by opponents, raising hopes for a settlement to a two-week general strike, a union leader said today.

''The president agrees with the principle that the union representatives, political parties and civil society should propose five names from which he can pick a prime minister,'' union leader Amadou Diallo told Reuters.

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