Palestinians start drive for voters
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Palestinians launched a registration drive Saturday among 1.8 million eligible voters ahead of long-overdue elections, but few heeded the call and apathetic residents said they have little faith in the electoral process.
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Description: Palestinians prepare to vote for new leadership in a Jan. 9 election that no longer looks like a tight race. There are seven candidates for the presidency, but interim leader Mahmoud Abbas&#39; victory now seems assured.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Dec. 19 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday he is pushing ahead with early elections despite factional fighting that intensified after his initial call for a poll, and he appealed for international help in restarting peace talks with Israel.
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People in Gaza began registering to vote at the weekend in preparation for the first chance for eight years to make their electoral voices heard.
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Tens of thousands of Palestinians pledged  support to front-running presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas  on Friday as he made his first visit to Gaza since the start of  a campaign to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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Description: Registration began today for Palestinian presidential elections on January ninth. Palestinians face difficulties as they try to organize a free and fair vote.
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Palestinians are electing a successor to their late leader, Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Seven candidates running for Palestinian president, led by front-runner Mahmoud Abbas, kicked off a 15-day electoral campaign yesterday, with most seeking to capitalize in some fashion on the memory of Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinians started voting across the West Bank in the first municipal elections in 28 years which will serve as a test for next monthâs presidential polls.
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Emergent Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas drew cheers at his first election rally on Tuesday by vowing to follow in Yasser Arafat&#39;s footsteps while stressing he would seek a state via peace talks with Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians hold municipal  elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a  dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser  Arafat's successor next month.
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Palestinian voters appeared to have overwhelmingly elected Mahmoud Abbas as their leader Sunday in balloting many Palestinians and international officials considered a milestone in efforts to bring democracy to the Arab world and a potential opening for reviving peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians.
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Freed from Yasser Arafat&#39;s one-man rule, Palestinians say they are eager and able to build the first real democracy in the Arab world, despite the dangers lurking on the road to Jan. 9 elections.
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Cloaking himself in Yasser Arafat's legacy, interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas opened his campaign for president Saturday with a pledge to fulfill Palestinian dreams of statehood.
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Palestinians have voted in the first municipal elections in the West Bank in nearly three decades in a dress rehearsal for next month&#39;s presidential ballot to choose former president Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Palestinians Saturday startedtheir registration for legislative and presidential elections aswell as local councils, without announcing specified date for theelections.
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Palestinian officials scheduled presidential elections for Jan. 9, 2005, pushing forward with steps to a secure a new leader following the death of Yasser Arafat.