Abbas safe in gun raid
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GAZA CITY: Palestinian militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for Yasser Arafat yesterday, just moments after the arrival of the Palestinian leader&#39;s temporary successor, Mahmoud Abbas, forcing security guards to whisk him away to
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GAZA CITY -- Palestinian militants fired five homemade rockets into Israel yesterday, defying the calls by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to halt the attacks.
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JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank - Palestinian presidential candidate Mahmoud Abbas rode on the shoulders of the West Bankâs most famous gunman during a campaign stop, prompting questions of whether Abbas is playing campaign politics or identifying with
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President Mahmoud Abbas's ruling Fatah  movement renewed its support on Sunday for a mutual cease-fire  with Israel, reinforcing the Palestinian leader before he meets  Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon this week.
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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  presidential election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Bodyguards take away Mahmoud Abbas, former Palestinian Prime Minister and the successor of Yasser Arafat as PLO chief, after gunfire erupted at the tent set up for mourners to gather in memory of Arafat in Gaza city Sunday Nov. 14, 2004.
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Mahmoud Abbas, newly-named chief of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, denied the shootout in Arafat&#39;s mourning tent in Gaza on Sunday was aimed at him.
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The top Palestinian security commander said Wednesday he will deploy forces on Gaza's border with Israel to prevent rocket attacks, the first concrete step to rein in militants since Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas took office over the weekend.
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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, a cabinet minister said.
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JENIN, West Bank  - Israeli troops killed a Palestinian gunman from President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement on Monday in a raid in the West Bank.
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A day after firing his top security commanders, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas headed to the Gaza Strip on Friday to demand that militant leaders stop attacking Israelis, a strong sign of his determination to enforce a fragile truce with Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the leading candidate for the Palestinian presidency, campaigned today in the Jenin refugee camp, where he was lifted onto the shoulders of gunmen and
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Dozens of gunmen gave a warm welcome to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, hoisting him on their shoulders and pledging loyalty to his campaign for the Palestinian presidency.
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Fears that the struggle to find a new Palestinian leader could bring bloodshed and instability were confirmed last night when the PLO leader Mahmoud Abbas was caught in a gun battle during a visit to Gaza.
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Mahmoud Abbas, newly-named chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), on Sunday escaped unharmed from an exchange of fire which he insisted was the result of a feud
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A gunbattle broke out Thursday between Hamas militants and terminal guards loyal to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, just hours after Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya was blocked from entering Gaza.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Gunmen hoisted Mahmoud Abbas  on their shoulders as thousands of Palestinians gave the  presidential election frontrunner a hero's welcome Saturday in  a Gaza refugee camp shattered by fighting with Israel.