Analysis / Confident Abbas can afford to be anti-weapons
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Mahmoud Abbas is a confident man, certain of a landslide victory on January 9 in the Palestinian Authority&#39;s presidential elections.
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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  election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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The move could put Mahmoud Abbas on a collision course with armed Palestinian factions.
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Washington hoped to neutralize Hamas by strengthening Abbas. But the rout in Gaza has left that strategy in shreds
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas struck a deal Monday to share power with the militant Islamic Hamas, an accord that would restore international aid and could lead to contacts with Israel.
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Analysis: The meeting of Egypt, Jordan, Israel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is designed to warn Hamas of the consequences of going it alone
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said in an Associated Press interview Saturday that he wants to protect militants from Israel, rejecting Israeli demands that he crack down on them. It was his latest campaign gesture to court gunmen seen by many Palestinians as resistance heroes and by Israel as terrorists.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the acting Palestinian leader, called on his people to drop their weapons in the struggle for a state. His stance marks a clear change of strategy for peace with Israel after the death of Yasser Arafat last month.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian leader campaigning to succeed Yasser Arafat in elections next month, said in an interview Tuesday that the 4-year-old armed
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One version of the story said the gunfire was an assassination attempt aimed at interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas. Another dismissed it as a misunderstanding that erupted in gunfire simply because there were too many weapons around.
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The White House on Monday backed  efforts by Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas to  negotiate a cease-fire with militants, but said he would  ultimately need to disarm the groups.
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MAHMOUD Abbas, the interim Palestinian leader, has called for an end to armed attacks against Israeli targets in an attempt to mark out a new strategy for peace in the wake of Yasser Arafatâs death.
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New President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday  he was close to reaching a deal with militants to cease attacks  on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East peacemaking.
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Mahmoud Abbas&#39;s nomination for Palestinian Authority president received a boost from reports that a jailed Fatah party leader, Marwan Barghouti, wouldn&#39;t challenge his bid and had endorsed his candidacy.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the favourite to succeed Yasser Arafat as Palestinian leader, has called on his people to stop fighting Israel. Mr Abbas said Palestinians had a legitimate right &quot;to express their rejection of the occupation by popular and social means&quot;.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent all  attacks on Israel by militants who have defied his calls for  calm.
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New Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas  said on Sunday he was close to a deal with militants to cease  attacks on Israelis, a step needed to relaunch Middle East  peacemaking.