Sharon emerges victorious after internal opposition
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Jerusalem: Despite several defeats on the battlefield, Ariel Sharon, the former general turned Israeli prime minister, has finally won the war to implement his Gaza pullout plan after neutralising his internal enemies.
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Former Israeli PM wins first round of elections for leadership of second-largest party in ruling coalition.
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AFTER two days of fierce debate, Israelâs parliament last night voted for prime minister Ariel Sharonâs Gaza withdrawal plan, a pivotal step towards the first evacuation of settlers from occupied territory Palestinians want for a state.
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Prime Minister Sharon, his right-wing base decimated by opposition to his Gaza disengagement plan, lost his last coalition partner and moved perilously close to losing his government
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon now finds himself in a difficult position following this week&#39;s rejection by his own Likud party of his plan to bring the opposition Labour Party into the coalition government. Following ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won parliamentary approval for a unilateral plan that for the first time will remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has agreed to a possible alliance with the opposition Labour group. The vote averts a snap election and strengthens Mr Sharon&#39;s controversial Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached a deal with Shimon Peres on Thursday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Taiwan&#39;s opposition scored a surprise victory in legislative elections Saturday, a development expected to blunt President Chen Shui-Bian&#39;s pro-independence agenda and ease fears in Beijing.
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After four years of fighting between Israelis and Palestinians, Israel has established dominance on the battlefield and advanced its own agenda for the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to officials and analysts from both sides.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat both confronted challenges from within their own ranks yesterday in speeches that aimed to quash growing internal rebellions over their leadership and policies.
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Opposition parties head for big victories in parliamentary elections in Pakistan.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas has won a huge victory in local polls in Gaza, unofficial results indicate.
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If, indeed, it was the Jewish stateâs version of the State of the Union address, then things are good and getting better. But there was more than just self-congratulation to Ariel
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His conservatives retain their majority but the Socialists did better than expected.
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Peace gestures gain momentum, but Sharon and Abbas must still face hard-line opposition groups.
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Ariel Sharon, the Israeli prime minister, was poised last night to win a critical vote in his Likud party, paving the way for withdrawal from Gaza next year.