Hamas criticises Blair envoy move
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Palestinian group Hamas pours scorn on former UK PM Tony Blair's appointment as Middle East peace envoy.
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Hamas on Saturday rejected as unconstitutional the government appointed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to replace a Hamas-led cabinet, and called for parliament to convene to try to reverse the decision.
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The four powers sponsoring the stagnant Middle East peace process met on Tuesday for the first time since Hamas seized Gaza, amid mounting speculation they could anoint outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as their envoy.
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The Palestinian Hamas group accuses a key figure in the rival Fatah faction of trying to kill the PM.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   of Hamas accused British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Saturday   of "one-sided" policies that have punished the Palestinian   people and their elected government.
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Hamas and Fatah security officials exchanged fire at Gaza's border with Egypt on Tuesday as Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh passed through on his way to reconciliation talks
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The four sponsors of the stagnant Middle East peace process met Tuesday for the first time since Hamas seized Gaza, amid mounting speculation that outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair could be anointed their new envoy.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas harshly criticized the Islamic Hamas on Wednesday over its takeover of Gaza last week, referring to the group's members as "murderous terrorists."
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The United States showed little inclination Friday to see British ex-prime minister Tony Blair hold talks with the radical Palestinian movement Hamas as part of his mission as a peace envoy.
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A senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Israel's plan to cut power supplies to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip shortly before Abbas was to meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Friday.
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The Palestinian Hamas group accuses a key figure in the rival Fatah faction of trying to kill PM Ismail Haniya.
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The ruling Hamas accused a key ally of President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday of trying to assassinate the prime minister, inflaming tensions between rival Palestinian factions to their highest point in a decade as fighting spread to the West Bank.
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Tony Blair's domestic woes followed him to Israel, but he pointedly refused to elaborate on his departure from office, calling questions about it here &quot;disrespectful.&quot;
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Middle East envoy Tony Blair told The Times newspaper that the international community needed to match Hamas's "clever strategy" to secure a peace deal, in an interview published Saturday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The ruling Hamas movement   and President Mahmoud Abbas's office accused each other on   Sunday of trying to derail a planned Palestinian unity   government that officials hope will lift Western sanctions.
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JERUSALEM -- Western powers struggled yesterday to finalize a role for outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair as Middle East envoy in their bid to revive peace prospects after Islamist Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian factions hit out at British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to host a Middle East conference, saying the London meeting would serve Israeli interests.