Militants jockey for position in post-Arafat era
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Sunday&#39;s violent confrontation between militants and bodyguards protecting the interim Palestinian leader was the latest sign of the challenges ahead for Palestinians
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The attack underlines the potential of the violent Hamas-Fatah power struggle to spill over into Israel.
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The Palestinian uprising marked its fourth anniversary with signs that the violent Hamas group is preparing a formidable political challenge to Yasser Arafat, despite a series of devastating blows from Israel.
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Militants convinced Israel poisoned Yasser Arafat have vowed revenge attacks on the Jewish state and warned the new Palestinian leadership against any compromise as Arafat was brought home for burial.
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The new chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Mahmoud Abbas, met here Monday night with militant leaders as he began trying to solve the intricate political puzzle that Yasir Arafat left at his death.
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The ruling Hamas faction deployed armed militants in key parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday, one day after it accused rival Fatah forces of trying to kill Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas sources said.
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Palestinian policemen, who have been given the task of restraining militants, say they can't or won't do the job. Interviewed at their front-line positions, some say they feel sympathy for the gunmen, while others fear getting shot at by Israeli troops.
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Hamas gunmen on Tuesday took up positions around the stronghold of the shadowy group holding kidnapped British journalist Alan Johnston, stepping up the pressure to secure the correspondent's release.
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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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Ramallah - Former prime minister Mahmud Abbas appears in pole position to grab the lion&#39;s share of power from Yasser Arafat, taking temporary charge of the Palestine Liberation Organisation and the Palestinian leader&#39;s Fatah faction during his enforced
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Long locked in struggle, Sharon and Arafat both confront fights for survival that could reshape the Middle East
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Plans to resume salary payments to government workers have become the latest battleground for rival Palestinian factions struggling to win the support of the residents of the West Bank and Gaza.
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Palestinians marked the fourth anniversary of their uprising Tuesday amid signs that the extremist Hamas group is preparing a political challenge to Yasser Arafat despite a series of Israeli military blows at the movement's leadership.
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Militants from Hamas threaten to overrun Gaza security positions belonging to Palestinian rivals Fatah.
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Marwan Barghouti, a popular leader, may make a long shot bid to succeed Yasir Arafat as head of the nation that would be Palestine.
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Israel hopes displays of military might will pressure Palestinians into turning against the Hamas-linked militants who abducted an Israeli soldier.
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Gunmen linked to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement threatened Tuesday to assassinate leaders of the rival Hamas group &#151; signaling a further escalation after 10 Palestinians were killed in three days of Hamas-Fatah fighting.