Abbas to seek Barghouti release
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Palestinian sources said Saturday Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas would present proposals for peace to Colin Powell.
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The West Bank Fatah leader, Marwan Barghouthi, is reported to have decided to run for the Palestinian presidency from his prison cell in Israel.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has promised to offer help to win the release of British hostage Kenneth Bigley held by militants in Iraq, the BBC quoted a senior Irish politician as reporting on Tuesday.
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Palestinian presidential favorite Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Tuesday never to give up the late Yasser Arafat's bedrock demand that Israel recognize a "right of return" of Palestinian refugees.
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Marwan Barghouthi, the jailed Palestinian lawmaker and presidential candidate, will try to turn next month&#39;s election into a referendum
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails in a gesture to President Mahmoud Abbas, leader of the Fatah faction.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank - Marwan Barghouti, the imprisoned leader of the Palestinian uprising, is dropping out the Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, his campaign manager said Sunday.
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Description: Jailed Palestinian Marwan Barghouti opts not to run in next January&#39;s presidential election, throwing his support behind former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who has been nominated by the ruling Fateh movement.
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Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to honour Yasser Arafat&#39;s wishes and fight for the &quot;right of return&quot; of Palestinian refugees to Israel.
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Marwan Barghouti, the popular Palestinian leader currently imprisoned by Israel on terrorism charges, plans to run for president of the Palestinian Authority, Israel Radio reported Thursday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will press Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert when they meet on Thursday to halt settlement construction plans that have paralyzed month-old peace talks.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Sept 28  - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat has ordered his security services to help secure the release of a CNN producer kidnapped by Palestinian militants in Gaza, his office said Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, under growing pressure to rein in militants, ordered his security forces yesterday to prevent attacks on Israel and investigate a deadly shooting of Israeli civilians last week.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas,  frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Wednesday that he  expected negotiations on Israel's plan to withdraw from the  Gaza Strip after Palestinian elections next month.
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Imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti decided Friday not to run against Fatah candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the election for Palestinian Authority chairman, and instead urged Fatah members to support Abbas.
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JERUSALEM - Jailed uprising leader Marwan Barghouti will seek the presidency of the Palestinian Authority, an associate said Thursday.