Abbas Sweeps to Victory, Stirring Peace Hopes
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Mahmoud Abbas won election  as Palestinian president with more than 60 percent of the vote,  officials said Monday, strengthening his hand to end years of  bloodshed and resume peace talks with Israel.
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The new Palestinian leadership has embraced nonviolence, deployed police to keep the peace in Gaza and won pledges from militants to halt attacks on Israel.
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Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president to succeed Yasser Arafat on Saturday, but his call for a truce and talks were overshadowed by Israel's decision to cut ties over a deadly militant attack.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation was on course last night for a landslide victory, fuelling hopes that his presidency will mark the beginning of the end of more than four ...
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The man widely expected to succeed Yasser Arafat in next year&#39;s Palestinian elections, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday appeared to win a power struggle in the dominant Fatah movement after a bloody gun battle in Gaza City.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased
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Mahmoud Abbas was elected Palestinian Authority president by a wide margin Sunday, exit polls showed, giving him a decisive mandate to renew peace talks with Israel, rein in militants and try to end more than four years of Mideast bloodshed.
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Mahmoud Abbas, who is expected to win the Jan. 9 elections to succeed Yasir Arafat as Palestinian president, praised Mr. Arafat&#39;s legacy today in a speech marking the
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Western powers rallied behind the Palestinian president on Friday after Hamas Islamists routed his forces in the Gaza Strip and began imposing a new order in the enclave after days of bloody civil war.
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Dozens of gunmen gave a warm welcome to interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday, hoisting him on their shoulders and pledging loyalty to his campaign for the Palestinian presidency.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  -- PLO chief Mahmud Abbas, who has emerged as the most likely winner of January&#39;s Palestinian election to succeed Yasser Arafat, is a polished and moderate politician more admired abroad than at home.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A landslide victory by  Mahmoud Abbas in Palestinian elections to choose a successor to  Yasser Arafat raised hopes on Monday for reviving talks with  Israel after years of bloodshed.
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Mahmoud Abbas, the temporary successor to Yasser Arafat, escaped unharmed Sunday when militants firing assault rifles burst into a mourning tent for the deceased Palestinian leader, killing two security guards and wounding six other people.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Victory by Mahmoud Abbas,  an advocate of non-violence, in Palestinian presidential  elections stirred hopes Monday he could pursue peacemaking  Israel said must start with a crackdown on militants.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Middle East peace hopes  were boosted on Monday when Mahmoud Abbas was elected  Palestinian president and the Israeli parliament endorsed Ariel  Sharon's new coalition to implement his planned Gaza pullout.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon  said he was very satisfied with efforts by Palestinian  President Mahmoud Abbas to restore calm and pledged in an  interview published on Thursday to pursue peace with him.
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JERUSALEM -- Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president-elect, offered "peace based on justice" to Israel yesterday and received an "open invitation" from President Bush to visit the White House, a day after winning a landslide victory in elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.