EU step to resume Palestinian aid
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The European Union signs an agreement to train officials from the Palestinian Authority, prior to resuming aid.
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LAPPEENRANTA, Finland  - The European Union has   begun paying social allowance to hundreds of thousands of needy   Palestinians under a temporary mechanism agreed by the Quartet   of Middle East peace brokers.
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The European Union on Friday hailed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' move to form a national unity government to replace one led by Hamas, whose strident anti-Israel views have dried up international aid.
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EU leaders delayed the restart of a  European Union summit Friday for private consultations on  Turkey, which has been offered entry talks provided it takes  steps toward recognizing the Greek Cypriot government.
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The European Union said Friday that the move by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to form a national unity government was a welcome bid to end the deadlock created by January's election victory by the Hamas movement.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States yesterday lifted its embargo on direct aid to, and diplomatic contact with, the Palestinian government, joining the European Union and other countries in a swift demonstration of support for embattled President Mahmoud Abbas in his struggle against the anti-Israeli militant group Hamas.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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European Union leaders will present a reconstruction aid package to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Friday, as the bloc seeks a fresh start with U.S. President George W. Bush after bitter internal divisions ...
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a last push Saturday to win European support for lifting a crippling international aid embargo in talks with French President Jacques Chirac.Comment
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The European Union should welcome the setting up of a new Palestinian government of national unity as an opportunity to renew the Middle East peace process, the EU's Finnish presidency has said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Prodded by Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain, the Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that they are ready to resume contacts without conditions -- a small step that many people hope could lead to resuming peace talks.
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Norway resumes direct aid to the Hamas-led Palestinian administration, unlike the EU and US.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush pledged more aid for the Palestinian government of President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday and called for an autumn meeting of Israel, Palestinians, and their neighbors to help restart peace talks.
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European Union foreign ministers  agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity  government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the  Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
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Norway resumed direct aid to the Palestinian administration with a $10 million transfer, after it became the first Western country to recognize the new Hamas-led coalition, the foreign minister said Thursday.
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EU foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the new deal on a Palestinian national unity government.
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Israel has resumed talks with the Palestinian Authority on security cooperation, an Israeli official said on Tuesday about a move designed to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas's Gaza takeover.