Abbas strengthens rule in West Bank
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas consolidated his rule in the West Bank last night by installing a caretaker government to rule indefinitely. It replaces an emergency Cabinet formed after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip last month and Abbas dissolved his unity government with the Islamic militant group. Abbas retained Prime ...
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President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority also declared his readiness to hold talks with IsraelÂs prime minister.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, maneuvering against his Hamas rivals, overruled constitutional curbs on his emergency government and named an ex-guerrilla chief for a key security post on Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in  as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday,  but his call for a truce and talks were overshadowed by  Israel's decision to cut ties over a deadly militant attack.
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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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Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a wide margin Sunday, exit polls showed, giving him a decisive mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and try to end more than four years of Mideast bloodshed.
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Israel's prime minister promised Monday to free 250 Palestinian prisoners and promised to improve life in the West Bank in an attempt to boost Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas' takeover in Gaza.
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JERUSALEM, June 1 - Western governments moved to shore up the rule of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, with the European Union pledging to begin direct financial aid to the emergency government he appointed over the weekend.
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Freed from Yasser Arafat'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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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - New Palestinian President  Mahmoud Abbas ordered security forces Monday to prevent attacks  on Israel by militants defying his calls for calm.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he would shortly issue decrees calling for new Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Interim Palestinian leader and presidential front-runner Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he speaks during a campaign rally in the West Bank town of Jericho, Tuesday Dec. 28, 2004.
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JERUSALEM -- President Mahmoud Abbas has asked Israel for permission to bring Palestinian forces based in Jordan to the West Bank to try to shore up his control after Hamas's Gaza takeover, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  -- Israel released more than 250 Palestinian prisoners Friday in an attempt to bolster moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in his power struggle with Hamas.
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PLO Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) on Sunday renewed his pledge to honor Yasser Arafat&#39;s legacy by working to establish a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital alongside Israel.
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Israel lifts a ban on contacts with the new Palestinian leader, opening the way for security talks.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas must patch up differences in his influential Fatah group if he hopes to check the growing power of Islamic militants opposed