Abbas escapes Gaza shooting unharmed
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Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased
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A senior adviser in the Palestinian government was abducted by unknown gunmen in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Friday, officials in President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction said.
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A militant leader survived an Israeli missile strike on his car in Gaza on Thursday in Israel&#39;s first assassination attempt in the Palestinian territories since Yasser Arafat died in a Paris hospital.
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Moussa Arafat, a cousin of Yasser Arafat and erstwhile security boss in Gaza, last night escaped unharmed when a car bomb exploded near his convoy in Gaza City.
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Mahmoud Abbas, favourite to become the new Palestinian president, is given a hero's welcome in Gaza.
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Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf escaped unharmed on Sunday when suspected Islamist insurgents hit his presidential compound in Mogadishu with mortar bombs for a second day, one of his aides said.
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Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamic group alleged was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and at least one person was killed and 17 were wounded, residents said.
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Mahmoud Abbas, Abu Mazin, has escaped a failed assassination attempt on Sunday evening after three gunmen broke into the tent where condolences are offered for the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat in Gaza and chanted slogans deploring Abbas and
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GAZA, NOVEMBER 14: Palestinian militants burst into a mourning tent set up for Yasser Arafat on Sunday and fired shots in protest at the presence of moderate successor Mahmoud Abbas, who was unhurt in a clash in which two security men were killed.
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A Palestinian security chief related to Yasser Arafat escaped a suspected assassination attempt late on Tuesday when a car bomb blew up outside his headquarters in Gaza City, witnesses said.
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A militant leader survived an Israeli  missile strike on his car in Gaza on Thursday in Israel's first  assassination attempt in the Palestinian territories since  Yasser Arafat died in a Paris hospital.
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Bodyguards take away Mahmoud Abbas, former Palestinian Prime Minister and the successor of Yasser Arafat as PLO chief, after gunfire erupted at the tent set up for mourners to gather in memory of Arafat in Gaza city Sunday Nov. 14, 2004.
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Two Palestinian militants travelling in the Gaza Strip managed to escape an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle seconds before it exploded Tuesday, security sources and witnesses say.
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Iraqi politician and former US favourite Ahmed Chalabi escapes unhurt after gunmen open fire on his convoy.
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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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Middle East News, A controversial Palestinian security official related to Yasser Arafat has escaped an apparent car bomb attack in Gaza City without injury.
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THE Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, escaped an assassination attempt yesterday when a rocket was fired at his helicopter as it was landing in the south-eastern town of Gardez.