Abbas raises the stakes
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for early elections to end the stalemate between factions in Gaza and the West Bank on Saturday. Violence has flared between supporters of Abbas' Fatah movement and Hamas, which won parliamentary elections in January. Tensions between Palestinians are at their worst point in a decade. On Friday, Hamas accused Fatah of trying to kill Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, faces the collapse of Fatah power in Gaza and a putative Palestinian state divided between Fatah and Hamas.
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A look at some of the challenges faced by newly elected Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Abbas was inaugurated Saturday to replace Yasser Arafat who died in November.
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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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may call early elections on Saturday in a much anticipated speech after violence between his Fatah group and the ruling Hamas movement stirred fears of civil war.
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Israeli president aims to shore up Abbas in wake of Hamas taking Gaza Strip.
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Five weeks before Palestinian Authority presidential elections, front-runner Mahmoud Abbas took a campaign swing - through the Arab world.
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He&#39;s called on Palestinians to back the leading contender, Mahmoud Abbas, also known as Abu Mazen. Middle East Correspondent Jane Hutcheon reports from Jersualem.
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Polls published Monday showed that jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti poses a serious threat to mainstream candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the Jan. 9 presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned on Thursday in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted on the shoulders of gunmen
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Ramallah - The race to succeed the late Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader formally kicked off on Saturday, with the opening of the registration period for potential presidential candidates.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian Authority presidency, said yesterday that Palestinians wanted to begin negotiating final statehood terms
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Mahmoud Abbas, the new leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization and the man expected to be elected the new president of the Palestinian Authority, has been making
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Fears that the struggle to find a new Palestinian leader could bring bloodshed and instability were confirmed last night when the PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas was caught in a gun battle during a visit to Gaza.
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The move is meant to help Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against Hamas.
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Campaigning is stepped up for the Palestinian presidential elections, due to take place on 9 January.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Seven candidates running for Palestinian president, led by front-runner Mahmoud Abbas, kicked off a 15-day electoral campaign yesterday, with most seeking to capitalize in some fashion on the memory of Yasser Arafat.