Palestinian factions delay submitting cabinet list
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Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas said they need more time and will not announce a line-up of ministers for a unity government as planned on Friday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  failed Monday to persuade his security cabinet to speed up a  Gaza withdrawal agreed in principle by the government two  months ago, political sources said.
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Lebanon delayed its presidential election by nearly three weeks to November 12 on Monday to allow more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.
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Rival Palestinian factions drew close to an agreement Thursday over the outlines of a power-sharing government in which the militant Hamas group would promise to "respect" peace deals signed with Israel
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Fifteen political groups called today for a six-month postponement of elections scheduled for Jan. 30, giving a huge boost to a movement largely led by Sunni Arabs aimed at delaying the vote.
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As attacks continue, some officials call for poll delay
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JERUSALEM -- New Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections could be organized in less than 90 days but may not be possible any time soon without Hamas's consent, officials involved in election planning said yesterday.
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Palestinian officials approved a new Cabinet on Wednesday that is expected to put strong allies of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in charge of key portfolios.
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The planned coalition between Israel&#39;s two main political parties has been delayed by a disagreement in talks, the BBC reported.
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Several disagreements regarding the deployment of Lebanese and U.N. forces in southern Lebanon have delayed a final Israeli troop withdrawal from that country, Israeli military officials said Thursday.
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A planned trip by Palestinian leaders to visit ailing Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat at a French hospital has been postponed, Palestinian officials confirmed Monday.
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Iraqi interim government officials and the country&#39;s election commission have all but ruled out demands by Sunni Arab parties to postpone parliamentary elections scheduled for January
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel delayed a plan to release from prison scores of members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's secular Fatah movement, Israeli officials said yesterday.
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Palestinian mainstream Fatah movement factions are expected to hold meetings starting Sunday to discuss issues concerning the coming presidential elections.
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas appealed to faction leaders on Friday to finish choosing ministers for a unity government and said further delay could embolden opponents of the deal.
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GAZA CITY, 18 November 2004 - Convinced that former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas is unable to unite the Palestinians, several members of the so-called âold guardâ are preparing to announce their candidacy for the presidency in next Januaryâs
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Lebanon's parliament will delay electing a president next week, political sources said on Saturday, allowing more time for rival pro- and anti-Syrian groups to agree on a compromise candidate.