Israel&#39;s Likud, Labour Begin Coalition Talks
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Israel&#39;s opposition Labour party began talks on Saturday with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party on joining his coalition, a partnership aimed at promoting a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon invited the Labor Party into his governing coalition on Friday, a day after winning approval from the ruling Likud Party to bring its traditional rival back into the government, a Labor spokesman said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party has agreed to a possible alliance with the opposition Labour group. The vote averts a snap election and strengthens Mr Sharon&#39;s controversial 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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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party voted to support talks to bring Labor and other opposition parties into the coalition to keep the government afloat after it lost its last remaining partner a week ago.
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Israeli Labour leader Shimon Peres  said on Saturday coalition talks between his party and Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon could be resolved in days and were vital  to speed up a Gaza pullout and bring Middle East peace.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  Friday invited the opposition Labor Party to begin talks to  form a unity government, a move that would avoid early  elections and pave the way for a withdrawal from Gaza.
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THE Israeli Labor party leader Shimon Peres, who is due to begin negotiations today over forming a coalition with the ruling Likud party, believes that Ariel Sharon will eventually be prepared to withdraw from more West Bank land than the small amount
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders prepare for talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity.
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Israel's ruling Likud party and opposition Labour struggle to agree over the state budget,  according to reports.
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The Israeli prime minister's Likud Party  reaches a deal with the opposition Labour Party to form a coalition.
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The planned coalition between Israel&#39;s two main political parties has been delayed by a disagreement in talks, the BBC reported.
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Reeling from a parliamentary defeat,  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon prepared on 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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Israel's governing Likud Party and opposition Labour Party are due to sign an agreement to form a coalition.
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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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JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud party and the opposition Labour agreed to form a national unity government on Saturday.
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Israel&#39;s ruling Likud and opposition Labour parties plan to seal a deal to forge a unity coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s Gaza pullout plan, party officials say.