Palestinian Candidate Would Renew Peace Effort
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Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that he considers Israeli leader Ariel Sharon a partner for peace talks and called for an immediate resumption of negotiations after the Palestinian election.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is renewing efforts to revive stalled Mideast peace talks, visiting the region this week for the first time since a U.N.-brokered cease-fire halted Israel's war with Hezbollah militants.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - President Mahmoud Abbas called on Saturday for fresh Palestinian elections, throwing down the gauntlet to his Hamas rivals after days of factional violence that has sparked fears of civil war.
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EL-BIREH, West Bank, Dec. 25 -- Candidates vying to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian Authority kicked off a two-week election campaign Saturday with rallies and speeches that largely invoked the deceased leader's legacy and vowed to continue his campaign for statehood.
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RAMALLAH: Prominent Palestinian figures appealed yesterday for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Front-running candidate Mahmoud Abbas called yesterday for peace talks with Israel after this weekend's Palestinian presidential election, a sharp contrast to days of hard-line campaign pronouncements that included his labeling Israel the "Zionist enemy."
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ISN SECURITY WATCH (15/12/04) - Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) leader Mahmoud Abbas - the favored candidate to succeed late Palestinian Authority president Yassir Arafat, has made a bid for peace with Israel, calling on Palestinian militant
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and looked likely to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has promised to revive peacemaking  with Israel after years of bloodshed.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering calling presidential and legislative elections to strengthen his position, a top aide said yesterday, a move that could deepen the split between the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The victory of Mahmoud  Abbas in Palestinian elections raised hopes on Monday for  reviving talks with Israel after the relative moderate won a  landslide in the vote to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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Foreign Minister Jack Straw seeked assurances from Palestinian leaders yesterday that they will reform their security forces to help stop violence and work to revive the Middle East peace process.
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President Bush has a historic chance for coming up with a new peace plan based on the principles enshrined in the Oslo Accords. It is time also for Palestinians to unite behind a new leadership and stop the
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Sponsors of an internationally backed Mideast peace plan will send their foreign ministers to the region next week in hopes of restarting peace talks in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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Israeli soldiers patrol as Palestinian presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, center, from the People&#39;s Party tours the center of the West Bank city of Hebron, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2004.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Prominent Palestinian  figures appealed Sunday for an end to violence, adding weight  to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed  Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat's legacy, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas opened his campaign for president Saturday with a pledge to fulfill Palestinian dreams of statehood.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Sunday for a successor to Yasser Arafat and were expected to  elect Mahmoud Abbas, who has pledged to revive peacemaking with  Israel after years of bloodshed.