Abbas sacks Hamas-led government
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sacks the Palestinian government and declares a state of emergency.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to bypass constitutional limits on his powers to establish an emergency government shutting out Islamist Hamas, aides said on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The ruling Hamas movement   and President Mahmoud Abbas's office accused each other on   Sunday of trying to derail a planned Palestinian unity   government that officials hope will lift Western sanctions.
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In what looked ever more like civil war, the forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas battled those of the Islamist prime minister across Gaza on Tuesday and their unity government headed for collapse.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he might opt to dissolve the Hamas-led government and that unity talks with the Islamist group had broken down.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.
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Forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas overran a Hamas ministry and sealed off the area around his compound on Sunday as the threat of violence hung over Gaza following the president's call for new elections.
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The new government sworn in today by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was promptly rejected by spokesmen for Hamas.
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The Somali parliament votes to sack the newly-appointed government of Prime Minister Mohammed Ali Ghedi.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Palestinian Authority said yesterday it will disband a small security unit tainted by accusations of abuse.
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Abbas dissolves the government, but  Hamas now controls Gaza. For Israel, the choice is between trying to reverse that reality, or dealing  with the Islamists
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government closed all of its ministries Monday following massive anti-government protests in Gaza and the West Bank on Sunday.
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Â·  President Abbas swears in new government  Â·  Hamas claims its actions have brought stability
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian minister and other officials on Thursday in a crackdown on Hamas, which defied a call by President Mahmoud Abbas to stop firing rockets at Israel.
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The Palestinian Authority decides to disband a security unit accused of human rights abuses in Gaza.
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President Mahmoud Abbas named a new Palestinian cabinet Sunday and banned Hamas militias.
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Hamas boycotted the opening of the Palestinian parliament's new term Wednesday, effectively allowing President Mahmoud Abbas to keep his moderate emergency Cabinet in power.