Straw at Arafat tomb as Sharon cancels meeting
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Jack Straw pledged Britain&#39;s support today for the smooth running of elections to replace Yassir Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.
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TOP Palestinian politicians are to visit Yasser Arafat in hospital and consult doctors about his condition amid claims that the veteran leader has suffered liver failure.
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A group of Palestinian politicians and intellectuals urges officials not to meet UK PM Tony Blair during an expected trip to the region.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has pledged support for the smooth running of elections to replace Yasser Arafat as he laid a wreath on the tomb of the late Palestinian leader.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will  refuse to meet Mahmoud Abbas until the new Palestinian leader  moves against militant groups behind an attack that killed six  Israelis in Gaza, Sharon's spokesman said on Friday.
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Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat attends a PLO executive committee meeting at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah in this Sunday, Aug. 22, 2004 file photo.
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TEL AVIV - Israel will not allow Arafat to be buried in Jerusalem in the event of his death, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was on Monday quoted as saying by the newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth.
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Mahmoud Abbas's campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat wound up on a sour note on Friday as he canceled a stop in Arab East Jerusalem because Israeli security would have embarrassed him.
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A summit scheduled for Thursday between Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed at the Palestinians' request, Olmert's office said on Wednesday.
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Jack Straw, the British foreign secretary, sought on Wednesday to bring Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, arriving in Jerusalem for a two-day visit
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The foreign secretary, Jack Straw, today won an assurance from Palestinian political leaders that they would act to halt the violence against Israelis but ruled out a meeting with Hamas.
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GAZA CITY, Nov 5  - Palestinian officials and leaders from armed factions closed ranks Friday in a bid to ensure security and keep a lid on any instability should Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat die in a French hospital.
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The senior Palestinian officials hoping  to come to France to visit their ailing leader Yasser Arafat  put off their trip on Monday because Arafat's wife was opposed  to it, a Palestinian official said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s office said his talks with visiting British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw on Wednesday afternoon was postponed because of a sore throat Sharon was suffering.
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British PM meets Israeli counterpart ahead of his landmark talks with PLO chief in Ramallah. By Peter Walker - JERUSALEM. British Prime Minister Tony Blair met his Israeli counterpart Ariel Sharon Wednesday
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A planned trip by Palestinian leaders to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French hospital has been postponed, Palestinian officials confirmed Monday.
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CLAMART, FRANCE - When Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat dies, he can be buried in the Gaza Strip, Israel has decided. Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofax briefed the cabinet on Sunday about security preparations for the Arafat&#39;s funeral.