Rival Palestinian leaders pledge to reach deal
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MECCA -- In a palace overlooking Islam's holiest site, rival Palestinian leaders vowed yesterday to work out a power-sharing agreement to avert a civil war, asking their followers to abide by a truce during the marathon talks crucial to the peace process with Israel.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas agreed on Wednesday to bring their unity government to parliament for a vote on Saturday.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Friday to begin taking reciprocal steps under a long-stalled peace plan to try to narrow gaps ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in  principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt's  official news agency MENA said Tuesday.
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Leaders from Israel, Egypt and Jordan met today to show support for the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 10 -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Monday to form negotiating teams that would begin resolving issues central to the creation of a Palestinian state in advance of a U.S.-sponsored peace conference proposed for later this year.
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators achieved significant progress Wednesday toward ending violence and resuming peace talks, completing a plan for deploying Palestinian forces in the southern Gaza Strip and aiming for a summit within two weeks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA reported Tuesday.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said a deal was reached between his Fatah faction and Hamas to halt fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip in which six fighters were killed on Tuesday.
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Palestinians and Israelis have agreed in principle to proposals aiming to end their conflict, Egypt&#39;s official news agency MENA said on Tuesday.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
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The leaders of Pakistan and Afghanistan pledge to co-operate in the fight against Islamic militants.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to create teams to tackle Palestinian statehood issues, a move both sides described as a step towards more substantive talks.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas says agreement on the policies of a unity government with Hamas has been struck.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition  Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity  coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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The rival Hamas and Fatah movements agreed on a plan implicitly recognizing Israel, a top Palestinian official said Tuesday after weeks of acrimonious negotiations meant to lift crippling international aid sanctions.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government at talks in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, Al Jazeera television reported.