Israel's Barak claims victory in Labour Party race
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak claimed victory on Wednesday in the leadership race for Israel's Labour Party over his challenger, former intelligence chief Ami Ayalon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's  Likud signed agreements with left-of-center Labour and an  ultra-Orthodox party on Thursday, giving his coalition a  parliamentary majority to allow a planned Gaza withdrawal.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s opposition Labour Party has agreed to join a coalition with Ariel Sharon&#39;s Likud Party, a move seen as safeguarding the prime minister&#39;s vow to withdraw from Gaza.
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Haaretz writes: &quot;After two defeats on the disengagement plan from his own party - in a referendum and in the central committee - the prime minister last night won the decisive victory in the Knesset.
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Israel's Labor Party voted in a runoff leadership election on Tuesday pitting former prime minister Ehud Barak against ex-intelligence chief Ami Ayalon, a race that may help decide Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's future.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  won a crucial Likud party vote on Thursday that will let him  bring opposition Labour into his shattered coalition and power  forward a plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel's leader wins a historic vote to withdraw settlers, but now faces a revolt in his own party.
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Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak was leading a close race for the leadership of Israel's Labor Party on Tuesday, television exit polls showed.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel telephoned the new Palestinian president to congratulate him on his election victory.
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Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, which won parliamentary approval Tuesday, will prove to be a victory for the Palestinian resistance against occupation, the militant Hamas movement said on Wednesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas declared that  he had won a Palestinian presidential election on Sunday and  dedicated his victory to Yasser Arafat, the late iconic leader  he is replacing.
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ISRAELâS opposition Labour Party last night clinched a deal with Ariel Sharonâs Likud Party to join his coalition, a move that could ease the planned withdrawal from Gaza.
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Outspoken leftist Hugo Chavez claimed victory in his bid for a new term as Venezuela's president Sunday after the bulk of returns showed him leading challenger Manuel Rosales by a wide margin.
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President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party won a majority of seats in elections for Egypt's upper house of parliament, a state-run newspaper reported Tuesday.
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Last week, for the first time since Ehud Barak defeated Benjamin Netanyahu in the contest for prime minister, the left wing was radiant with joy.
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The party of Kenya's opposition challenger Raila Odinga says he has won his country's presidential election.
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton beat back a strong challenge from Barack Obama on Tuesday to win her adopted state, and Sen. John McCain defeated Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney to claim all of New York's Republican delegates.