U.S. Urges Israel to Smooth Way for Palestinian Vote
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A U.S. envoy said before a  visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that Israel  should take steps to smooth the way for a Palestinian  presidential election scheduled for January.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel was set to approve arrangements to ensure the smooth running of the upcoming Palestinian presidential election as candidates began pressing the flesh after the official launch of campaigning.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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Israel promised to ease conditions in the West Bank and Gaza so that Palestinians can vote for a successor to Yasir Arafat.
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The United States on Saturday welcomed a call by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for fresh elections, expressing hopes it would quell factional violence and allow for a unity government that could work toward peace with Israel.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has received assurances from Israel it will do what it can to help facilitate Palestinian election, scheduled for early January.
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Reviving a long-dormant U.S.  peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an  Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians greater freedom  of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaat said earlier today that the US presidential elections, which will be held on November 2, have impaired the Middle East peace process.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians accused Israel  of not carrying out a promised easing of its military grip on  the West Bank and Gaza for a presidential election to pick  Yasser Arafat's successor.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has arrived in Israel determined to press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for a process to enable Palestinians to elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Israel said before a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that it would consider calls to pull its troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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Palestinian officials are urging Israel to curb military operations as they begin to register candidates to run in an election to replace Yasser Arafat as Palestinian Authority president.
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Israel said before a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell on Sunday that it would  consider calls to pull its troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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Israel said ahead of a visit by Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that it would consider any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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Israel is expected to promise Colin Powell, the US Secretary of State, today that it will take steps to facilitate Palestinian elections planned for January, including a cutback of its military presence in the West Bank.
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Palestinian officials appealed Thursday for international monitors to help with their presidential elections and urged Israel&#39;s unilateral plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip be folded into a stalled international peace plan.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Monday will invest U.S. prestige in a new Middle East peace  drive, pressing Israeli and Palestinian leaders alike for steps  to help Palestinians elect a new president.