UK's Straw Gets Israeli Pledge on Palestinian Vote
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Israeli leaders told Britain's foreign secretary on Wednesday they would do their utmost to let Palestinians hold elections but criticized the top presidential candidate for vowing to follow in Yasser Arafat's footsteps.
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Arab &quot;Palestinians&quot; launched a voter registration drive Saturday, a first step toward long-overdue elections, and Palestinian Authority/Palestine Liberation Organization &quot;Chairman of Terror&quot; Yasser Arafat promised that voting for parliament and president
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Reviving a long-dormant U.S.  peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an  Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians greater freedom  of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat's successor.
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Jack Straw wants to push on with Lords reform plans after MPs voted in favour of all its members being elected.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Thursday to push ahead with his plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip despite a stinging public rebuke from his Likud Party.
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Palestinians voted in the first council elections for three decades amid a row over British Prime Minister Tony Blair's plan to prepare the birth of a democratic state at a London conference.
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British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw arrived in Israel for two days of top-level talks with Israeli and Palestinian officials, the British embassy said.
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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will represent Britain at the funeral of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo.
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Palestinian president says he will order parliamentary and presidential ballots, despite Hamas objections.
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Israel announces measures to ensure what PM Ariel Sharon calls a "free and fair" Palestinian election.
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JERUSALEM - Prime Minister Ariel Sharon promised Sunday that Israel would work to ensure that next monthâs Palestinian presidential election takes place in a free and fair atmosphere.
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Israel will give the Palestinians &#39;&#39;everything that is needed&#39;&#39; to have free and fair elections, Israel&#39;s foreign minister said after talks with outgoing US Secretary of State Colin Powell.
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Britain backs bids by Brazil, Germany, India and Japan for permanent seats on the UN Security Council, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged yesterday to see through his controversial plan to pull troops and settlers out of Gaza despite kicking his last remaining coalition partner out of government.
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Reviving a long-dormant US peacemaking role, Secretary of State Colin Powell won an Israeli pledge on Monday to allow Palestinians enough freedom of movement to hold an election for Yasser Arafat&#39;s successor.
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Britain and Israel today held out the prospect of a West Asia peace conference in London after the Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat on Jan. 9. Britainâs Daily Telegraph
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is vowing to press on with his plan to pull Israeli settlers and soldiers out of the Gaza Strip despite his party&#39;s rejection of a partnership with the pro-withdrawal Labour Party.