Abbas says deal reached on unity govt
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and   Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on Monday reached a deal   to form a unity government that the Palestinians hope will end   their international isolation and revive aid.
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President and opposition leader agree to form joint government in an attempt to end violence
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Rival Palestinian factions signed a power-sharing accord aimed at ending months of bloodshed Thursday, agreeing that the Islamic militant group Hamas would head a new coalition government that would "respect" past peace agreements with Israel.
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Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya resigns as part of a new deal to set up a national unity government.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah said they had agreed to a ceasefire on Sunday after a day of bloodshed in which President Mahmoud Abbas's offices came under mortar fire and his Fatah forces seized two ministries.
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President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian faction leaders agreed Sunday to 10 days of intensive talks aimed at resolving critical differences and avoiding a national referendum on recognizing Israel&#039;s right to exist.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah have made progress towards a unity government, Egypt's president says.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas have agreed to bring their unity government to parliament for a vote on Saturday, Hamas officials said.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 8 -- Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed Thursday to form a power-sharing government and end the armed feuding that has killed scores of Palestinians over the past year.
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Top leaders of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party gave their leader the go-ahead Friday to begin forming a unity government with the militant Hamas in an effort to end internal feuding and international isolation, a party member said.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas extended his hand in peace Monday, his first gesture toward Israel since his landslide victory in presidential elections.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas   reached a deal with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas on   Monday to form a unity government the Palestinians hope will   end their international isolation and revive aid.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly yesterday that the planned national unity government will recognize Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Monday his moderate Fatah party and the ruling Hamas party have agreed to form coalition government. The two sides have been negotiating for months to form such a coalition, which apparently would ease the current Hamas-led government's militantly anti-Israel stance.
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The Palestinian Authority president said that he had reached a tentative agreement with Hamas meant to end the PalestiniansÂ international isolation.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Labour Party leader Shimon Peres reached a deal on Thursday that appeared to clear a final obstacle towards forming a unity government that would press ahead with a Gaza pullout.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has told Jordan that talks on a unity government with Hamas have hit a "dead end" and he will pursue other options, a senior Palestinian official said on Tuesday.