Barghouti Pulls Out of Race for President, Supports Abu Mazen
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RAMALLAH, 13 December 2004 - Jailed intifada leader Marwan Barghouti called off his campaign to become Palestinian president yesterday, throwing his support behind PLO chairman and the now overwhelming favorite Mahmoud Abbas.
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Imprisoned Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti declared in a letter Sunday that he would throw his support to mainstream candidate Mahmoud Abbas in a Jan.
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Marwan Barghouti's withdrawal leaves Mahmoud Abbas without a serious challenger in the Jan. 9 vote to choose the head of the Palestinian Authority.
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Marwan Barghouti, the popular Fatah leader imprisoned by Israel, dropped out of the contest for the Palestinian Authority presidency last night in his second change of heart within a fortnight.
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Il leader di al Fatah Marwan Barghouti ha annunciato in una lettera dal carcere che non si candiderÃ  alle elezioni presidenziali palestinesi del 9 gennaio e ha chiesto a tutti i palestinesi di sostenere la candidatura di Abu Mazen.
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Senior Palestinian figures in the main political group, Fatah, closed ranks on Thursday against the on-again off-again presidential candidacy of the popular Marwan Barghouti
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Associates of Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti, who is serving five life sentences on terrorism charges in an Israeli jail, said Sunday that he is withdrawing from the Jan. 9 election for president of the Palestinian Authority.
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JERUSALEM - A spokesman for Marwan Barghouti said Friday that the jailed Palestinian leader had decided after all not to run for president of the Palestinian Authority and would back the nominee of his Fatah faction, Mahmoud Abbas.
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DEIR BALAH, Gaza Strip -- In his campaign for the Palestinian presidency, Mustafa Barghouti has been dragged through the dirt, detained at gunpoint and arrested by Israeli security forces.
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Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti may withdraw his candidacy for the Palestinian presidential elections due to be held on January nineth.
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His associates said he was in then out. Now jailed Palestinian militant Marwan Barghouti has apparently decided that he will, after all, be a candidate in next January&#39;s Palestinian presidential election.
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Jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti dropped out of the race to replace Yasser Arafat on Friday, agreeing to support the candidacy of interim leader Mahmoud Abbas in a move intended to head off a split in the ruling Fatah movement.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Moderate Palestinian leader  Mahmoud Abbas's chances of winning a presidential election to  replace Yasser Arafat appeared to be sealed after his main  rival Marwan Barghouthi pulled out of the race.
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Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti may run in the upcoming presidential elections, aides say.
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A Hamas leader dismissed Palestinian Authority presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s call for an end to the armed Palestinian uprising, Haaretz reported.
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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK -- Opinion polls published yesterday showed jailed Palestinian uprising leader Marwan Barghouti poses a threat to mainstream candidate Mahmoud Abbas in the Jan. 9 presidential election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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IMPRISONED uprising leader Marwan Barghouthi was dropping out the January 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat as head of the Palestinian Authority, associates said today.