Israel's Sharon Raises Prospect of Early Elections
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  may call early elections if an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party  fails to join a coalition for his Gaza pullout plan this week,  he said in an interview published Monday.
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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is inclined to call early elections, including for his office, to end the political and economic crisis in the territories, Palestinian officials said yesterday.
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JERUSALEM  - Israel looked poised for a new coalition government within a week as Prime Minister Ariel Sharon began talks with ultra-Orthodox parties alongside negotiations with the main opposition Labour faction.
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Israel's PM Ehud Olmert said its Lebanon war strategy was drawn up months in advance, a newspaper claims.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat,  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared Thursday to open  coalition talks to save his shattered government and avoid  early elections that could stall his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who has alienated his right-wing Likud party with plans to withdraw from Gaza, begins a new legislative session fighting for his government's survival.    Lawmakers were scheduled to vote on two motions of no confidence Monday, the first day of Israel's winter parliamentary session...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  shaky coalition Tuesday faced collapse in a row over the 2005  budget, raising the prospect of early elections that would  endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has received a surprise challenge to his plan to expedite a pullout from Gaza after Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is planning to call early elections, seeing little point in further talks on a government to replace a Hamas-led coalition boycotted by the West, aides said on Saturday.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced threats on Thursday from inside and outside his already shaky coalition that could bring down the Israeli government, force early elections and delay his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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NEW YORK - At the request of the US administration, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has agreed to consider removing Israeli security forces from Palestinian population areas to facilitate Palestinian elections in the next two months, the New York
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Israel's parliament, the Knesset, is to hold a vote shortly to elect the country's new president.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  urged his Likud party on Thursday to vote for a governing  alliance with the Labor Party, warning that failure to do so  would force snap elections and derail his Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is to begin lobbying Sunday to win the Likud&#39;s backing for a unity government with the Labor, a key step toward advancing the disengagement plan, the Ha&#39;aretz newspaper reported.
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Jerusalem - Israel could begin withdrawing from occupied Gaza early next year under an accelerated timetable that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon plans to present to lawmakers of his Likud party on Tuesday, political sources said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s largest coalition partner threatened to quit Thursday, raising the possibility of early elections that could endanger his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip next year.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon faced a surprise challenge on Monday to his plan to expedite a pullout from Gaza when Benjamin Netanyahu, his main rival in the Likud party, called for a referendum on the issue.