Powell Wins Israeli Pledge to Help Palestinian Vote
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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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Israel said ahead of a visit by  Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday that it would consider  any formal request to pull troops away from West Bank cities to  facilitate a Palestinian presidential election.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell says the Bush administration wants to get peace-making efforts between Israel and the Palestinians restarted.
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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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US Secretary of State Colin Powell has launched a new Middle East peace drive by saying he will press both Israeli and Palestinian leaders for steps to help Palestinians elect a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Israel leaders today assured Colin Powell that they will do their utmost to ensure that Palestinian elections to choose a successor to Yassir Arafat go smoothly, including easing
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Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived on Sunday for his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories in 18 months, signaling a new push for Middle East peace following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Colin Powell, the US secretary of state, won an assurance from Israel yesterday that it would ease its grip on the occupied territories and allow greater freedom of movement before the Palestinian presidential election in January.
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Israeli leaders told Secretary of State Colin Powell today that they will do their utmost to allow Palestinian elections to take place, including easing travel restrictions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
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[World News]: Jerusalem, Dec 26 : Israel has approved a series of measures to facilitate the forthcoming Palestinian elections, which it says is &quot;very important&quot; to make progress on the internationally brokered &quot;road map&quot; plan for peace.
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President Bush praised Sunday's  Palestinian elections as an essential step toward the goal of  statehood and promised to help the new president, Mahmoud  Abbas, in a renewed push for peace with Israel.
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The US and Israel pledge to  support the new Palestinian government, as the EU says it wants to resume direct aid.
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Arriving in the Middle East for talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Secretary of State Colin Powell said yesterday he would press both sides to take steps to enable Palestinians to elect a legitimate successor to Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell won a cautious pledge from Israel on Monday to ease its military grip over Palestinian areas in order to make possible an election to replace the late Yasser Arafat.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell on  Monday will invest U.S. prestige in a new Middle East peace  drive, pressing Israeli and Palestinian leaders alike for steps  to help Palestinians elect a new president.
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US Secretary of State Colin Powell said he will ask Israeli and Palestinian leaders to help the election process for the Jan. 9 Palestinian poll to choose a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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WASHINGTON -- Israel's top diplomat pledged yesterday to do ''everything that is needed&quot; to ensure Palestinians can hold democratic elections in January -- including guaranteeing freedom of movement in the occupied territories -- but cautioned that the Palestinian people had to make a ''strategic decision&quot; to swear off terrorism for the vote to move the Middle East peace process forward.