Arafat Says General, Presidential Polls Soon
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RAMALLAH, September 4 (IslamOnline.net &amp; News Agencies) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said Saturday, September 4, a date for presidential and general elections would be set immediately after the municipal elections, slated for next winter.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas may call early elections on Saturday in a much anticipated speech after violence between his Fatah group and the ruling Hamas movement stirred fears of civil war.
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Description: Palestinians prepare to vote for new leadership in a Jan. 9 election that no longer looks like a tight race. There are seven candidates for the presidency, but interim leader Mahmoud Abbas&#39; victory now seems assured.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday called for fresh parliamentary and presidential elections at the earliest opportunity.
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Yasser Arafat's successors promised swift elections to replace him Saturday as Palestinians flocked to his tomb to pay last respects to the ex-guerrilla who symbolized hopes of a state.
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Middle East News, Jailed West Bank leader Marwan Al Barghouti decided to run for Palestinian president in January elections to succeed the late Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat, a member of the dominant Fatah faction&#39;s higher committee said on Thursday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Elections for a new Palestinian president to replace Yasser Arafat have been scheduled for January 9, Palestinian officials say.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians hold municipal  elections in parts of the West Bank on Thursday, seen as a  dress rehearsal for a presidential vote to choose Yasser  Arafat's successor next month.
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Palestinians called crucial to the success of a ballot to choose a successor to the late Yasser Arafat. Middle East envoy William Burns told reporters on Sunday in the West Bank city of Ramallah.
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presidential election to choose Arafat&#39;s successor, arrived in Israel after a surprise visit to Iraq on Tuesday. Mahmoud Abbas -- frontrunner in next month&#39;s poll -- and Ahmed Qurie.
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JERUSALEM, Nov. 7-- Senior Palestinian officials who have been running the government during leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s hospitalization plan to travel to Paris early this week to assess his condition, Palestinian officials said Sunday night.
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JERUSALEM Palestinian leaders have outlined plans to persuade visiting American envoys to help ensure smooth elections to replace Yasser Arafat.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday he will order early parliamentary and presidential elections in response to what he called last month's "coup" by Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip.
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Interim Palestinian leader and the front-runner in the upcoming Jan. 9, 2005 presidential election Mahmoud Abbas talks during his first official campaign speech in the West Bank town of Ramallah, Saturday Dec. 25, 2004.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering calling presidential and legislative elections to strengthen his position, a top aide said yesterday, a move that could deepen the split between the West Bank and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the West Bank for  nearly three decades, a dry run for a presidential ballot next  month to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian officials scheduled presidential elections for Jan. 9, 2005, pushing forward with steps to a secure a new leader following the death of Yasser Arafat.