Abbas says militants to end attacks
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that militant groups promised to suspend attacks on Israel in hopes of ending a nearly 2-month-long Israeli crackdown in the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".
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The top Palestinian decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to stop hunting 180 wanted Fatah militants who pledge to end attacks against the Jewish state, as part of a U.S.-led effort to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Key Palestinian militant groups, including ones headed by Mahmoud Abbas, have rejected the leader&#39;s calls to end their armed fight against Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert by telephone on Saturday that militant groups had agreed to cease attacks on Israel from the Gaza Strip as of 0400 GMT on Sunday, an Abbas aide said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on  Wednesday vowed a crackdown on armed groups operating in  Palestinian areas in order to smooth the way to a Jan. 9  presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will meet Saturday with militant leaders to push them to honor a days-old cease-fire marred by mortar and rocket attacks on Israeli targets, according to an aide.
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Palestinian security forces took up  positions on Friday across northern Gaza to curb militant  attacks against Israel as part of new Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas's plan to halt violence and revive peace talks.
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Mahmoud Abbas, tipped to become the new Palestinian president, says he will not fight against militant groups.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday rejected demands by Hamas for control of the Gaza border and told the Islamist group to "end its coup in Gaza".
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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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PRESIDENTIAL election frontrunner Mahmud Abbas urged Palestinians to abandon the armed intifada overnight, saying that independence could only be achieved through peaceful means.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The top Palestinian  decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for  militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last  November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Mahmoud Abbas will visit the Gaza Strip to try to convince Palestinian militants to stop attacks against Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Victory by Mahmoud Abbas,  an advocate of non-violence, in Palestinian presidential  elections stirred hopes Monday he could pursue peacemaking  Israel said must start with a crackdown on militants.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed a call from interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to halt attacks in the days leading up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.