Warm welcome for Abbas in Gaza
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The front-runner in the vote for a new Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, gets a rousing welcome in Gaza.
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Leaders from Israel, Egypt and Jordan met today to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  phoned Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday to congratulate him on his  election as Palestinian president and offer cooperation, the  highest-level contact between the sides in nearly four years.
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INTERIM Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas escaped unharmed when militants opened fire in a tent in Gaza City where he was greeting mourners at a ceremony for Yasser Arafat yesterday.
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Israel let more than 200 laborers enter  from the Gaza Strip for the first time in months on Sunday in a  gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he tries to  strengthen a cease-fire agreed last week.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians pledged  support to front-running presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas  on Friday as he made his first visit to Gaza since the start of  a campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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Mahmoud Abbas claims victory in the Palestinian presidential election as exit polls show him well ahead of his rivals.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair met the  moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday to lend  him support after a shaky truce between Abbas's forces and the  Hamas government took effect in the Gaza Strip.
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Dozens of gunmen gave a warm welcome to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, hoisting him on their shoulders and pledging loyalty to his campaign for the Palestinian presidency.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted on Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected  Palestinian president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel  Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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Mahmoud Abbas praised Yasir Arafat's legacy today in a speech marking the end of the 40-day mourning period for the former leader.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who wants to talk peace with Israel, has accepted an invitation to pay an official visit to Israel's arch-enemy Iran, officials said on Wednesday.
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PLO chairman Mahmoud Abbas marked the end of 40 days of mourning Tuesday with lavish praise for the &quot;eternal&quot; Yasser Arafat, vowing the former Palestinian Authority (PA) president would one day be buried in his beloved Jerusalem.
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BBC's Andrei Ostalski reflects on the new Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to Moscow - his first foreign trip since being elected.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Gunmen hoisted Mahmoud Abbas  on their shoulders as thousands of Palestinians gave the  presidential election frontrunner a hero's welcome Saturday in  a Gaza refugee camp shattered by fighting with Israel.
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Kuwaitâs Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said Saturday that the Kuwaiti- Palestinian dispute was over and welcomed a visit by the PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) who is leading a Palestinian delegation to the six-member GCC countries
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Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a press conference in Amman, Jordan on Monday, Dec. 20, 2004. Abbas said he welcomes any form of Israeli withdrawal from Gaza but this withdrawal should not end there, it must be part of the road map.