Abbas, Haniyeh meet to seal Palestinian unity deal
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas in Gaza on Thursday for talks aimed at finalizing a unity government deal, a Palestinian official said.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  has secured an agreement with leading Palestinian militant  groups for a cease-fire of about a month in the Middle East  conflict, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Sunday.
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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Tuesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were making preparations to hold a meeting.
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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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President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian faction leaders agreed Sunday to 10 days of intensive talks aimed at resolving critical differences and avoiding a national referendum on recognizing Israel&#039;s right to exist.
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Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas   said on Sunday talks on a Palestinian unity government could   still succeed, brushing aside President Mahmoud Abbas's comment   that they had reached "point zero" and must start from scratch.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to create teams to tackle Palestinian statehood issues.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas say they are willing to hold talks.
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Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah will meet with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and the Jordanian and Israeli leaders.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who agreed earlier this month to form a unity government with Islamist group Hamas, said on Monday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert within two weeks.
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A Saturday meeting between Israel's defense minister and a top Palestinian security official went well, Israeli officials said, as the two sides try to reconcile widely differing expectations for an upcoming summit between Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and his Hamas rivals prepared on Tuesday for talks on a unity government, with less than two weeks to go until a new bid to revive stalled peace negotiations with Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday in a new effort to narrow differences ahead of a U.S.-hosted conference on Palestinian statehood due later this year.
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President Mahmoud Abbas was meeting Sunday with officials from the Palestinian Central Election Commission, the first step toward holding early elections.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Thursday to meet for the first time in two months after an Islamist takeover of the Gaza Strip prompted both to sharpen their confrontation with Hamas in the enclave.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet on Thursday to try to overcome disputes over Jewish settlements that have paralyzed U.S.-backed peace talks.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert plans to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as early as Sunday, before a unity government with Hamas is formed, officials said on Tuesday.