Final day of Palestinian campaign
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Candidates in the Palestinian presidential election hold a last day of campaigning ahead of Sunday's vote.
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During a two-day visit to Damascus by Mahmoud Abbas, head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and official candidate of the Fatah movement in the elections, the Palestinians
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The three days of festivities marking the end of the month of Ramadan, Id al-Fitr, which began yesterday in the Palestinian Authority, give the leadership something of a brief time-out
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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Description: Palestinians held local elections Saturday for the first time in many years. Hamas, the militant group that is against rapprochement with Israel, scored well in the polls, defeating the Fatah party in many areas.
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Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghouti has turned the Palestinian presidential elections into a real contest with his last-minute entry.
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6 October 2004 -- Campaigning in Afghanistan&#39;s presidential election drew to a close today amid violence, as the nation prepares to cast ballots in its first democratic vote on 9 October.
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Yasser Arafat may be dead -- but his image and his spirit hovered over the fight to succeed him, as seven candidates launched campaigns on Saturday playing up their links with the late Palestinian president.
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Ramallah - The race to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader formally kicked off on Saturday, with the opening of the registration period for potential presidential candidates.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prominent Palestinian  figures appealed Sunday for an end to violence, adding weight  to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed  Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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December 2, 2004 -- RAMALLAH, West Bank - Jailed Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti declared his candidacy for president yesterday, a stunning last-minute reversal that shook up Palestinian politics ahead of the Jan.
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HERZLIYA, Israel -- Israel's defense minister said yesterday that Israeli troops will withdraw from Palestinian areas for 72 hours during the Palestinian presidential election next month, signaling that a deadly attack on an Israeli Army outpost has not stopped fledgling peace efforts.
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On Saturday the presidential nominating fight carried the intensity normally reserved for the closing days of a general election campaign.
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An explosion killed a Palestinian in Gaza  on Sunday, the 11th day of an Israeli offensive against  militants Prime Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse  internal resistance to his plan for withdrawing from some  occupied land.
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Description: With just eight days left in the presidential campaign, President George Bush and Sen. John Kerry begin their last frantic week of campaigning.
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Key developments in Palestinian factional fighting on Thursday:
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Demonstrations held in the West Bank and Gaza Strip after the death of Yasser Arafat, the symbol of the Palestinian struggle, continued today.