Palestinian PM 'hopeful' on talks
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Hamas' Ismail Haniya says he hopes talks in Mecca with the rival Fatah faction will lead to a unity government.
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Tony Blair gives an optimistic assessment that a peace agreement in the Middle East is within reach.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas,  frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat, said Wednesday that he  expected negotiations on Israel's plan to withdraw from the  Gaza Strip after Palestinian elections next month.
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PARIS, Nov 1  - Palestinian officials on Monday voiced optimism about the health of their ailing leader Yasser Arafat, saying he was in stable condition and had shown &quot;clear improvement&quot;.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas said on Sunday he remained hopeful a unity government   would be established, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's   assertion that talks had to start from scratch.
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Middle East envoy Tony Blair said on  Thursday he was confident people in Hamas-controlled Gaza would  rally behind President Mahmoud Abbas if they thought peace  talks with Israel would succeed.
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Tony Blair is due to meet Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas, after talks with Israel's prime minister.
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Middle East envoy Tony Blair says a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians by 2009 is possible.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sounded a note of optimism about the prospects for Middle East peace, crediting the new leadership of the Palestinian Authority for the brightened outlook.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said yesterday that he is &quot;more optimistic&quot; about the prospects for Mideast peace after two days of talks with Israelis and Palestinians.
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PLO chairman Mahmud Abbas has voiced optimism that armed Palestinian groups will respond to his call to lay down weapons. &quot;There has been progress in the negotiations with Palestinian factions about ending
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Palestine Television quoted President Mahmoud Abbas as saying in an interview Sunday that he is very close to clinching an agreement with militants on halting attacks on Israelis.
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JERUSALEM, March 11 -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met here Sunday for the second time in less than a month, but made little progress on reviving peace talks, exchanging prisoners or resolving differences over the nascent Palestinian power-sharing government....
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said on Monday he hoped a meeting with President Mahmoud Abbas would result in an agreement on a unity government to end a crippling Western embargo.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert next week and Palestinian sources said on Tuesday he may float the idea of widening a truce deal to include the occupied West Bank.
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Middle East envoy Tony Blair said on Thursday he was confident people in Hamas-controlled Gaza would rally behind President Mahmoud Abbas if they thought peace talks with Israel would succeed.